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Cancer 2
Posted on February 1, 2023 1 Comment
The NHS is doing a good job so far. I went to see the GP just before Christmas, who after an appropriate examination (not really my thing but I did find out that I don’t have a prostate problem) sent me for a sigmoidoscopy (for those not in the know it is a tube with […]
Cancer
Posted on January 30, 2023 2 Comments
This is rather an awkward subject for many people, presumably because it is about life and death and many people have an awkwardness about death. I have just found out that I have bowel cancer. I have had the tests and now I am waiting for the results to see whether it has spread and […]
Ukraine: What the media doesn’t tell us, Part Two
Posted on March 8, 2022 Leave a Comment
Last time I looked at some of the background issues regarding Ukraine and the current war. Now I would like to look at the military situation, which is very difficult as no one seems to know what is happening, and few people are even reporting the military situation beyond a few bland statements. Much of […]
Ukraine: What the media doesn’t tell us, Part One
Posted on March 8, 2022 Leave a Comment
It is difficult to find out exactly what is going on in a war, any war. The press from each side is usually biased, it is difficult for journalists to get to battle sites, there is a genuine element that people do not know what is going on, and there is of course military secrecy, […]
Student Assessment
Posted on January 19, 2022 Leave a Comment
As an academic, one of the most important tasks I do is to mark students’ work. In terms of job satisfaction the task varies from those rare occasions when a student produces some superlative work to the usual drudgery of working through seemingly endless essays or exam scripts, each one a poor copy of the […]
Dr Nigel Hunt 