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Mr McGregor’s Revenge – A Tale of Peter Rabbit
POOR IMITATIONS
A Farewell to ‘Barns’
CONFESSION – GOOD FOR THE SOUL
Jeepy Leepy and the NHS
PREPARING WITH PADDINGTON
THE QUEEN WHO HAS A KING
a lonely heart
the old surfer
smoke signals…
ON KEEPING WHAT WE DARE NOT LOSE
LIFE AFTER LIFE
FAITH AND DOUBT
GENERAL PRACTICES ARE GO!
ON BEING OVERWHELMED
BAGPUSS AND THE NHS
GOOD FRIDAY 2022
BECAUSE THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING?
GENERAL PRACTICE IN THE LIGHT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
At Land’s End
AN AUDIENCE WITH GRIEF
A Hand Held
The Promise Keeper
Jesus wept
real power
Weeping with those who weep
BUT THIS I KNOW…
Dr Dog
THE STATE OF DISREPAIR SHOP
Light in the Darkness
DR WORDLE AND THE MYSTERY DIAGNOSIS
THE RAINBOW’S END
‘GPs ARE RESPONSIBLE – IT’S TIME THEY WENT’
Stuck In The Middle With You
CHRISTMAS 2021
SCROOGE IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS
GRAVE EXPECTATIONS
FROM A DISTANCE – REFLECTIONS AS THE NIGHTS START DRAWING IN
A GRIMM TALE
THE HAPPY PRACTICE – A CAUTIONARY TALE
THE WILD GP
THE THREE LITTLE GPs AND THE BIG BAD SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH
A MISSION IMPOSSIBLE?
A GP CALLED PADDINGTON
THE GENERAL PRACTITIONER – ENDANGERED
MY MOST FAVOURITE THINGS
MY LEAST FAVOURITE THINGS
ON APPROACHING ONE’S SELL BY DATE
ISN’T THAT LIKE LIFE…?
MR BENN – THE GP
HEARING THE GRASS GROW
On Call Days and Mondays
GPs – Do you remember?
BLEAK PRACTICE
SUMMERTIME
BAGGY WHITE COATS
GP KICKS
YESTERYEAR
On Managing Disappointment
What a wonderful job this can be…
ON BEING CRAZY BUSY – A TICKLISH PROBLEM
desolation row
My Back Pages
Getting in touch with your inner Womble.
A Hard Year For Us All
SHE’S THE PATIENT YOU STILL DON’T KNOW YOU HAVE
Reintroducing GPs Anonymous
someone left a cake out in the rain
together in line
the wrong patient
Easter Sunday 2021
Good Friday – 2021
The Repair Shop
Book Review: ‘The Book about Getting Older’, by Dr Lucy Pollock
Spare me a doctor…
On not remotely caring
WWJD – What Would Jack Do?
AN UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH
Old Hands
‘THE DIG’ – IT’S WELL WORTH IT
Vaccinating to remain Susceptible
Room Enough
SHOT OF LOVE
A Not So Shaggy Dog Story
Gratitude and Regret
Yesterday and Today
A Pregnant Pause?
IF
I knew a man
What price resilience?
It’s A Wonderful GP Life
A TALE OF TWO PATIENTS
The Ten Demandments
THREE LOCKDOWN SONGS
Christmas – 2020
The Dr Scrooge Chronicles
The Windhover
MONSTERS
‘TWAS THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS – 2020
How the Grinch, and Covid, stole General Practice’s Christmas
Waiting patiently for the Lord
Faith in the time of Coronavirus – 4
The Lord is my Portion
Why do bad things happen to good people? – a tentative suggestion.
Resting in Pieces
Faith in the time of Coronavirus – 3
Longing for the pavilion – whilst enjoying a good innings.
I’ve got a little list…
THE VERY MODEL OF A GENERAL PRACTITIONER?
Water from a Rock
Masked
SOMETHING TO REFLECT UPON – ARE WE TOO NARCISSISTIC? or WHY DON’T YOU JUST STOP READING THIS AND GO AND DO SOMETHING LESS BORING INSTEAD (Long Version).
Luther and the Global Pandemic: On Becoming A Theologian of the Cross
patient
moving closer
SHE’S THE PATIENT YOU STILL DON’T KNOW YOU HAVE
crushed
She’s the patient you don’t know you have
beaten
Don’t forget to be ordinary, if you want to be happy.
How Covid-19 stole the cricket season
Something to feast your eyes on
Sleep Well?
True Love?
Three Chords And The Truth?
Rest Assured
The ‘Already’ and the ‘Not Yet’
Faith in the time of Coronavirus – 2
Coronavirus – a giant sized problem?
I’m beginning to miss that, now that that’s beginning to go.
HOPE COMES FROM BELIEVING THE PROMISES OF GOD
Easter Sunday
On Being Confronted by the Law
Reflections in the Darkness
Good Friday
Faith in the time of coronavirus
John 3:16
Mind the Gap
But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope
Some trust in chariots…
Covid -19. Does it suggest we really did have the experience but miss the meaning?
‘Twas the Day before Christmas
Because sometimes, not even chocolate is enough.
Health – it’ll be the death of us. Is there institutional arrogance in the health service?
Three Times A Patient
Eleanor Rigby is not at all fine.
Introducing GPs Anonymous
Has anyone seen General Practice?
Something to reflect upon – are we too narcissistic?
I’ll miss this when we’re gone
A Merry, and Resilient, Christmas – A Personal View.
Black Friday
How the Grinch stole General Practice’s Christmas
With great power…
When the Joke’s on You
A Language All Of Its Own.
Somewhere over the rainbow?
Medical Stereotypes – not being defined by our mistakes.
The NHS – the ‘S’ is for ‘Service’ not ‘Slave’
For when we can’t see why.
Jeeves and the Hormone Deficiency – Complete
Jeeves and the Hormone Deficiency – Chapter Four
Jeeves and the Hormone Deficiency – Chapter Three
Jeeves and the Hormone Deficiency – Chapter Two
Jeeves and the Hormone Deficiency – Chapter One
Desert Island Drugs
Measure for Measure – Appraisal for Appraisal
Unchained Malady
CONTACTLESS
Professor Ian Aird – A Time to Die?
EXPRESSIVE INDIVIDUALISM AND THE DRIVE FOR PERFECTION
Increasing anxiety – a relative certainty.
General Practice – a sweet sorrow
A PRIMARY CARE CHRISTMAS CAROL – Stave One
A PRIMARY CARE CHRISTMAS CAROL – Stave Two
A PRIMARY CARE CHRISTMAS CAROL – Stave Three
A PRIMARY CARE CHRISTMAS CAROL – Stave Four
A PRIMARY CARE CHRISTMAS CAROL – Stave Five
ANTIDEPRESSANT PRESCRIBING – A NEW HIGH
THE LIFE I LEAD
T.S. Eliot, Jesus and the Paradox of the Christian Life.
NIKKI ALEXANDER – DR PERFECT?
SUFFERING – A PERSONAL VIEW
Be Drunk (Short Version)
Be Drunk – extended Theological version
Here’s to 2019
‘TWAS THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS
GRACE IN A POLITICAL WORLD
Vanity Fair
Hoping to maintain resilience
SOMERSET CCC – GOOD FOR THE SOUL
‘The Medical Condition’ or ‘Hannah Arendt is completely fine’
EVE OF THE RLODC FINAL LIMERICKS
A Primary Care Christmas Carol – Complete
Blaming it on the Boogie
THE ABOLITION OF GENERAL PRACTICE
Dark Reflections
It’s alright, Ma (I’m only GPing)
AND I GUESS THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES.
‘Ah, but I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now.’
THE UNCOMFORTABLE PROFESSIONAL
Sense and Sensitivity
DO WE CARE ABOUT SADNESS?
Advanced Access – a step in the wrong direction
GENERAL PRACTICE – STILL MY BATTLEGROUND OF CHOICE
JUST IN CASE MEDICINE – THE DANGERS OF PRACTISING DEFENSIVELY
The Resurrection – is it just Rhubarb?
Toward maintaining a more compassionate resilience
An Inappropriate Blog? – I Hope You Like It
I’ll miss this when we’re gone? – extended theological version
The Sacrifice of Isaac – Law or Gospel?
ARE WE TOO BUSY TO BE HAPPY?
WE HAD THE EXPERIENCE BUT MISSED THE MEANING – Short Version
I’ll miss this when we’re gone? – extended theological version
IN LOVING MEMORY OF TRUTH
WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO DON’T FEEL TOUGH ENOUGH TO KEEP GOING?
Christmas
a silent tear
moving closer
Reflections on the death of Leonard Cohen
Unchained Malady
‘Twas the Day before Christmas
Introducing GPs Anonymous
crushed
Advent
Who serves in a service?
Eleanor Rigby is not at all fine.
Introducing GPs Anonymous
BLEAK PRACTICE
What price resilience?
crushed
I knew a man
The Longest Day
GP KICKS
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