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Health

SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 update 1

17th February 2020 Rookwood 3510 Comments

They say a week is a long time in politics, and an identical maxim could be applied to the field of commentary concerning emerging diseases. Not only has 2019-nCoV been renamed SARS-CoV-2, with a payload [more…]

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Human Interest

Dealing with the pain

6th February 2020 Rookwood 2658 Comments

There is a very old adage, one that has been proven wise and considered throughout the ages. It is “Honesty is the best policy”. While many will view this rule of thumb as a loose [more…]

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20th Century

2019-nCoV

3rd February 2020 Rookwood 4426 Comments

I am not a doctor, epidemiologist, or indeed a statistician. Those who read my posts realise my aversion to “Monday Maffs” is bordering on the pathological. I do however have one skill-set that allows to [more…]

Human Interest

What does it take to be a man?

27th January 2020 Rookwood 3643 Comments

Apart from the song by the US band Boston, who sadly managed to enthusiastically embrace the “Touchy feely” spectrum ruining an otherwise excellent song, this is a genuine question. In this age of mass gender [more…]

Conservatives

A question of balance

7th January 2020 Rookwood 3142 Comments

Many will look upon the recent result of the 2019 election, if not with outright joy, but with a certain degree of self disciplined satisfaction. Some will look upon the unrestrained rout of the Labour [more…]

Cooking

Store-cupboard essentials and techniques

3rd January 2020 Rookwood 3586 Comments

Far be it for a GP author to ever admit defeat, but in this particular instance, I must bow to the inevitable, once the full extent of the challenge becomes clear. Grimy Miner, you know [more…]

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Christianity

Dignity

18th December 2019 Rookwood 1788 Comments

I am probably not going to be popular with some of the more acerbic and biased opinion makers that populate the corners of the GP community, but there are certain nettles that the “right of [more…]

Authoritarianism

Be careful what you wish for

10th December 2019 Rookwood 2022 Comments

There is a certain segment of society that is sufficiently deficient in self-awareness, social conscience, understanding, and indeed wisdom, that they are incapable of any ethical or moral position other than that which is floated [more…]

Ethics

Crime and Punishment

3rd December 2019 Rookwood 3572 Comments

As a victim of numerous criminal enterprises, two of them to use the modern politically correct vernacular as “Life changing”, I’d like to think I have an intelligent and valid opinion on the justice system. [more…]

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