“Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with golden lacquer. It teaches us to embrace damage and flaws.” — ManGill. For most of my adult life I have helped repair the sick. Many had their lives suddenly shattered and altered forever. It was a job at which I was quite good. Recently, the… Read more

“Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool…” Edward Wadsworth 1919, National Gallery of Canada During both World Wars, the battle of German U-boats and British Shipping in the North Sea and the Atlantic was pivotal. This was part of the British WW1 response. Paint schemes to breakdown the outline of British ships, known as dazzle camouflage. Rather… Read more

“Awareness makes a cure possible…” Sydney Davies Earlier this week was International CML day. Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia is almost exclusively the result of an acquired genetic mutation, known as the Philadelphia chromosome. This DNA error, specially a reciprocal translocation, is the result of fragments from Chromosome 9 and 22 changing places. This exchange results in… Read more