Presentations and Prejudice
I’m thinking just now about two very different projects: the first is a post-grad seminar I’m giving on presentation skills in August, the second is a local volunteer project I […]
Category Archives: Experience
Research Group Therapy – Part 1
When the lecturer gets the tough questions..! I’d like to think that my teaching style allows students to ask questions. Normally the answers are easy, but one of my post-grad classes asked […]
High Trails
It’s been years since I did any serious mountaineering. 20 years ago my friends and I would regularly head to the Scottish hills, ‘bagging’ as many summits as many as […]
Containment or compassion?
It struck me as I lay on the floor in the early hours of a Sunday morning that January was the first month in 19 years that didn’t end with […]
Loch Lomond
Ho, ho mo leannan (My child) Ho mo leannan bhoidheach. (My beautiful child) (Loch Lomond, Runrig)) The last song at this year’s Institute Christmas Party was the Scottish folksong Loch […]
A New Road
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off […]
Time Lions
Time Lions I came back yesterday after two weeks off. It’s only been in the last couple of years that life has aligned to give me these longer holidays and […]
Root Causes
Over the years I’ve seen many of my social media contacts supporting and rejecting various ‘causes’. Sometimes this is done in a way that’s balanced and thought-provoking, and sometimes not. The Cause […]
High Tides and Honesty
Occasionally it seems that waves sweep over the pharma industry and everyone you talk to has wet shoes, or a mate with wet shoes, or a story of someone who’s […]
Thanks?
Old Friends… Last week I went round to an old friend’s house: I’ve known Ian for nearly 30 years. (I was the best man at his wedding!) His wife, Catriona, […]
