Thrilled to report that we have a new book! Now available on this site and Amazon, which states “Reflections after Leaving the Tunnel is the sequel to Peter Cotton’s memoir, The Tunnel at the End of the Light, published upon his retirement in 2012. He revisits his childhood and the beginnings of his career in medicine and reflects […]
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From the Reading With Your Kids podcast. There is something truly special about a book series that can make children laugh, learn, and feel at home all at the same time—and the Fred the Snake series does exactly that. From the very first adventure, , readers are introduced to Fred, a lovable and slightly
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Knowing my British roots, which are still strong, if somewhat stretched after 40 years in USA, several people kindly offered their condolences after Queen Elizabeth’s recent passing and asked for my comments about the monarchy. That has caused me to examine my mixed feelings about the institution. Maybe writing about it will help. I should
I was 47 years old when I arrived in USA and discovered that I was named after a rabbit. I could not understand why people fell over laughing when I gave my name at checkout counters. Some started singing about hopping along a bunny trail at Easter. But surely the English author Beatrix Potter wrote
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Fred’s year of the snake finishes on February 17th at the start of the Chinese lunar new year festival. Fred is happy to hand over to the horse, for those born in 2026, 2014, 2002, 1990, 1978, 1966, 1954, 1942 and even older than me. Check out the panel to see which animal you are
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On Feb 17 Fred completes his year of the snake and hands over to the horse. In honor of Fred’s service, there is a 20% discount on all his books for this month only Coupon code is feb17
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My Dad was a single-handed country doctor in England. His office (called “Surgery” in English speak) was in our house, so I first encountered patients and a doctor’s life at an early age, indeed just about 80 years ago. There was no appointment system, so patients arrived at all hours, with an interesting triage arrangement,
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When people ask me that I usually say, “a pretty good one”, followed by “stomach doctor” and then sometimes “gastroenterologist”. That is a mouthfull (sic) and a friend always calls me a “gastrologist” The label suggests that I and my colleagues work only in the gaster (stomach) and enterons (intestines). Using endoscopes I have had
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I hung up my endoscope 14 years ago. Now my golf clubs can join them in the closet. My legs are reluctant to take me from the golf cart to the green (if ever I found one.) For the last 25 years I have had the great pleasure of playing at Bulls Bay club in
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