by Euan | 24 Nov 2020 | Scribbles
Here is my reading list for October 2020 and I hope it highlights some books you may be tempted to try for yourself. There is no ranking here and they are simply presented in the order in which I read them. For anyone who spends any time thinking about evidence to...
by Euan | 19 Nov 2020 | Scribbles
2020 has been full of surprises, few of them in truth that pleasant. If there was one person I didn’t think would feature in my writing around medicine and politics and books it was Piers Morgan. Like many, though by no means all, I’ve been a long...
by Euan | 15 Nov 2020 | Scribbles
I have decided that I am going to move some of my posts from this site over to Substack. I like the platform and its ethos and I am attracted to having an email list. That’s the main advantage of being there — it functions just like a blog with URLs that can be...
by Euan | 1 Oct 2020 | Scribbles
As it happened I got through just eight books this month though one at least was something of a beast. However, given I took on the editorship of the BJGP that’s not too bad. Here’s the September list. The books Carpe Diem Regained by Roman Krznaric Very...
by Euan | 1 Sep 2020 | Scribbles
A slow start to the month as I read less, unusually, while on leave than I do at home. That’s the power of habit for you and the physical exertions and privations of camping (minor though they are) meant I spent less time curled up with a book. However, I came...