Part One: What I Saw Happen When my wife got pregnant, I didn’t realise how much of it I would be watching from the sidelines. I knew pregnancy was hard, but seeing it up close was different. The first trimester was rough for her. She had a lot of nausea…
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Ada – PhD Fellow
I’m 31 and a PhD researcher in the Genomics Department and I find the DNA to be the most fascinating ever! I’m passionate about understanding cancer from a genetic point of view. I love boba drinks, and my favourite movie is The Holiday. Yesterday, 9th January I woke up around…
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Meet Lynn!
A Band 6 nurse working on the Hepatology ward. She enjoys sudoku and her favourite person is her dad. Thursday 8th Jan 06:00My alarm goes off. I’ve very much aware of the time I wake up so I don’t hit the snooze button anymore. I sit up slowly and drink…
Your Neighbour's Story
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The Man on the 16:15 Bus
There is an elderly man I have met a few times on the bus. You notice him first by the lines on his face, deep and settled, the kind that suggest life has not always been kind. Not cruel exactly, but heavy. The sort of heaviness that comes from staying…
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The Blue Backpack
I noticed her because of the bag. We were both wearing the same one, a small, blue backpack. The kind that’s practical but still a little cute, and when I caught her eye and pointed at it, she smiled immediately. “Hey,” I said, “we’ve got the same bag.” She laughed….
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Her Coffee, Her City, Her Life
I met her on a Wednesday while I was sitting in the city centre, and she happened to be at the table next to mine. She was on her own, but there was something very settled about her, the kind of presence that doesn’t look like it’s waiting for company….
Pop Culture & Little Delights
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Odd and Beautiful!
There’s something very reassuring about being “normal.” Normal people wake up at reasonable hours, eat sensible breakfasts, maintain well-behaved hobbies, and rarely insert sharp objects into their own eyes. But if history has taught us anything, it’s that the people who changed our understanding of the world were rarely tidy,…
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The Night That Created Frankenstein: Storms, Genius, Tragedy, and Why I’m Finally Ready to Watch the New Netflix Adaptation
Every once in a while, a story rises quietly from the corners of literary history and taps me on the shoulder. Lately, it has been Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, especially now that Netflix has released a new adaptation starring Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi. I see it everywhere. Numerous bloggers have spoken…
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When Scientists Weren’t Nerds: An Unexpected Discovery
Recently, I found myself revisiting some of my favourite scientific personalities. It began, as it often does, with Richard Feynman. His book Surely You’re Joking, Mr Feynman! has always been one of those rare reads that makes science feel playful. Instead of the stiff, socially withdrawn image we often associate with scientists,…
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The World of Pluribus: Do I Want That?
If you’ve watched the first two episodes of Pluribus, it’s hard not to ask: what if our world really became a shared mind? No more wars and hate; a planet synchronized by euphoria and “humanity.” Given how things are going, that doesn’t sound so terrible. My husband disagrees. He thinks…