Kindness, the Greatest Virtue?

As I often do, I had a wonderful conversation with one of my patients the other day. This 80-something year old lady was accompanied by here daughter. They were both born in Germany and the mother remembered vividly the horror of the WWII years. We spoke of the suffering of the German [...]

Spring is Near!

We’re into spring even though the temperature remains low. Many clever men like you have trusted to civilisation. Many clever Babylonians, many clever Egyptians, many clever men at the end of Rome. Can you tell me, in a world that is flagrant with the failures of civilisation, what there is particularly immortal about yours? G.K. [...]