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I was working at the Medical Research Council in Carshalton, Surrey, in the 1960s: more specifically at the new State of the Art Neuropsychiatric Unit – when I ‘sorta’ – met Princ Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh – The British Government deemed this building a flagship to the rising importance of science. To prove…
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As I sit in the comfort of my home, in my little office that looks out to a flourishing garden, I am aware that hundreds of people just south of the border of Queensland are doing it tough. Having survived the drought, bush fires, and Covid, they are now surrounded by floodwaters, which, in…
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On 13th September, 1959, the world was in awe as news began to circulate that after five failed attempts, the Soviet Union had landed a spacecraft on the surface of the moon. * We were even more in awe when the United States Apollo 11 mission went literally one step further on July 20,…
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Fings ain’t wot they used ter be…… The words of this song are over half a decades-old, but if you give them a little leeway, you can recognize many of our 2020 issues. The pace of change, traffic, parking, … – Yes they still manage to irritate our day. When I was young it…
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Here in Australia, we are facing many issues. Our economy is in a bad way and we are facing a hot summer. This time last year we were in the midst of bush fires with an intensity never seen in living memory. And of course, political intrigues of inadequacies, narcissism, corruption, and inefficiencies abound…