Watching last week’s BBC2 programme on the early days of Tony Blair’s premiership was to be reminded of the power for good that lies in
Month: October 2021
Ian Blackford: ‘No failure of leadership around bullying allegations within SNP’
© By Lucy Ashton SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford has denied there had been a failure within the SNP to deal with bullying in the
POSTCARDS FROM THE PANDEMIC: THE SHANACHIE
Above: Monument to Don Quixote and Sancho Panza in Madrid. Picture by Bill Heaney I chastised the Lodger when he admitted to drinking a beer
BOOKS: The Magician by Colm Tóibín review – a difficult Mann to know
Dramatisation of Thomas Mann’s private and public life never convinces as biography or fiction By Anthony Cummins in The Guardian The German writer Thomas Mann
COVID: Algorithm processes images of chest x-rays of patients displaying shortness of breath
AI technology could speed up COVID-19 diagnosis in Emergency Departments. By Lucy Ashton Artificial intelligence could help speed up COVID-19 diagnosis in Emergency Departments, thanks to the
BOOKS: CORRUPT CARDINAL KEITH O’BRIEN CATALYST FOR CRISIS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Labyrinthine corruption REVIEW BY JAMES LAWLOR This powerful and timely book revisits the events surrounding the disgrace of Keith O’Brien, former Cardinal Archbishop of St