More musings from a misspent youth, with added poetic licence

What mistakes reveal about misinformation

"There is something faintly comic about wealthy middle-aged men spending fortunes trying to become the oldest corpse in the cemetery"

Our first morning in the dissection room was a masterclass in bravado

One moment I had a trained professional sitting beside me. The next I was alone in an aircraft

Sometimes, you don’t know how transferrable your skills are, or even which skills are transferrable, until something makes you draw...

I sometimes wonder whether a whole category of human experience has quietly disappeared without anyone noticing

Every successful comedian knows who they are on stage. They may not be that person in real life, but they...

Adventures of learning to drive a bus back in the day

Looking back, joining the club was one of those rare leaps into the unknown that turned out reasonably well

I rely on hidden jokes of known potency. Once I know where I stand, I can relax

Anaesthetics and a lion, what could possibly go wrong?

An eerie tale of the events in a dental procedure room...

What I’ve learned is that performing for the WI is not so different from doing stand-up comedy, which I dabbled...

I learnt how to hold a room, how to survive hecklers, and – crucially – how to appear confident while...

The North East’s long road to water fluoridation

After decades of delay, water fluoridation in North East England is finally expanding—bringing proven dental health benefits to communities

Water fluoridation started in the North East and we are now on the brink of new schemes to exorcise rampant...