Thursday, June 02, 2022
Sunday, May 29, 2022
Peter the Great was no saint
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Saturday, February 12, 2022
Monday, December 20, 2021
Death rattle through Buttler hit wicket
Sunday, December 19, 2021
Painful blow at the end but at least there’s a fifth day
Saturday, December 18, 2021
Worst day of series for England?
Friday, December 17, 2021
Australia in command, I admit it, but …
Thursday, December 16, 2021
Dropping a sitter is embarrassing, but so what?
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
The Arnold family of Lowestoft
Saturday, December 11, 2021
Fine line between getting out on fourth day of Ashes test and being/becoming best world batter
And I’m not just meaning Joe Root
Australia demolish England by nine wickets in first Ashes Test
Full scorecard
Listen to the oracle for the next matches in the series (see my report of this match in last three days posts)
Rest day on day 5 (that’s definitely true)
Friday, December 10, 2021
Thursday, December 09, 2021
Ever the optimist after day 2 of Ashes
Not wise for Australia to gloat at the end of only day 2
England could bat out rest of the match on a Gabba pitch or even set a target?
Wednesday, December 08, 2021
The Ashes has started
England suffer nightmare start to the Ashes as Rory Burns dismissed first ball
Not since 1936 has this happened at the start of Ashes
English cricket team in Australia in 1936–37
Pat Cummins sets records in first day as captain, bowling figures
Bradman has been the only captain to win a five-match series after losing the first two Tests. But in 2021/2?
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Thursday, September 23, 2021
Shortest ever county championship match scheduled for 4 days
Saturday, August 14, 2021
Cricket as the UK pandemic eases
Saturday, May 08, 2021
Hartlepool will again vote for British values
Friday, December 25, 2020
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Healthcare has corrupted its mission
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
The indictment of medicine
His story is an indictment of the state that clinical governance in medicine has created. As I said in my BMJ letter, the increasing regulation of doctors has created a climate of fear and a culture of defensive practice. Over-reaction in investigation reports may lead to naming, blaming and shaming for what is presumed to be incompetence, carelessness or recklessness. But reports are not immune from mistakes and do not always deserve the authority given to them. Clinical errors occur and actually do not always detract from safety (see previous post). Clinicians live with uncertainty and have to act in the real world.
Judgement about clinical behaviour needs to be fair and open. Even the legal system did not protect David Sellu, although it did eventually exonerate him on appeal. Medicine and surgery are in a precarious state when a decent and competent surgeon can wrongly be found guilty of manslaughter. Medicine needs to stop pretending that clinical practice is always objective and build on its professionalism and experience.