David Gordon
@gordoncph.bsky.social
Physician, former medical school Dean, international interests (https://wfme.org/people/professor-david-gordon-2/). Other interests: politics, music, food, wine ..... Cellist.
Well, good for you Greg
December 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Well, good for you Greg
.... and it was excellent
December 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
.... and it was excellent
Good idea. I shall have one now.
December 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Good idea. I shall have one now.
The Times is no longer a serious newspaper.
December 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The Times is no longer a serious newspaper.
PS I know the teenager off to the airport look
December 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
PS I know the teenager off to the airport look
Where are you off to? Have a very good trip. DG
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Where are you off to? Have a very good trip. DG
PSA? Prostate specific antigen?
December 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
PSA? Prostate specific antigen?
No longer the newspaper of record, sadly.
December 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
No longer the newspaper of record, sadly.
Well, a real Australian.
December 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Well, a real Australian.
Transnistria is not wrecked as comprehensively as parts of Ukraine. "Wrecked" as in - lots of rubble. It is wrecked politically.
December 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Transnistria is not wrecked as comprehensively as parts of Ukraine. "Wrecked" as in - lots of rubble. It is wrecked politically.
Wonderful picture - and I am sorry for the sad reason for your visit ....
December 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Wonderful picture - and I am sorry for the sad reason for your visit ....
Yes, but ... David Allen Green writes his posts in single sentences with a carriage return after each one, and it makes it easy to follow his argument. But I agree, for a speech it needs to graduate to paragraphs.
December 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Yes, but ... David Allen Green writes his posts in single sentences with a carriage return after each one, and it makes it easy to follow his argument. But I agree, for a speech it needs to graduate to paragraphs.
Spot on Katherine! I spent a few years working in a laboratory almost entirely staffed by Australians, and their precision in the use of language was a delight
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Spot on Katherine! I spent a few years working in a laboratory almost entirely staffed by Australians, and their precision in the use of language was a delight
Well, at least he has excellent chairs and vice-chairs (Peter Fonagy and Simon Wessely) for his inquiry. They are serious experts.
December 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Well, at least he has excellent chairs and vice-chairs (Peter Fonagy and Simon Wessely) for his inquiry. They are serious experts.
Well, Streeting is being a fool. Decisions about screening require expert analysis, not shouting from the rooftops.
December 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Well, Streeting is being a fool. Decisions about screening require expert analysis, not shouting from the rooftops.
Harry Chester was the name he sailed under: I am sure he had a German-Jewish name that he quietly changed as he stepped off the Kindertransport. He was a great man and an excellent double-bass player.
December 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Harry Chester was the name he sailed under: I am sure he had a German-Jewish name that he quietly changed as he stepped off the Kindertransport. He was a great man and an excellent double-bass player.
Every time you post something interesting in German, my old German teacher (Harry Chester) thanks you from beyond the grave for making this former pupil do the homework he should have done in 1963 ...
December 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Every time you post something interesting in German, my old German teacher (Harry Chester) thanks you from beyond the grave for making this former pupil do the homework he should have done in 1963 ...
Mason (and Kuenssberg, and Robinson) are the reasons why very many BBC "news" programmes are intolerable
December 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Mason (and Kuenssberg, and Robinson) are the reasons why very many BBC "news" programmes are intolerable
She could try to avoid always being obnoxiously rude.
December 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
She could try to avoid always being obnoxiously rude.
Excellent sentiments BossRoss, and thankyou for the wonderful new German word "Werbebubble".
December 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Excellent sentiments BossRoss, and thankyou for the wonderful new German word "Werbebubble".
I love the full diva!
November 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I love the full diva!
Apologies! I have just seen it....
November 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Apologies! I have just seen it....
But .... what is tonight's cocktail?
November 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
But .... what is tonight's cocktail?
Yes. I thought Dr Gordon Brown was quite a good PM....
November 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Yes. I thought Dr Gordon Brown was quite a good PM....
Nothing like as bad as the Today programme.
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Nothing like as bad as the Today programme.