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29
Feb

Following the footsteps of the Romans: The A548 Coast Road from Chester to Prestatyn

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The ritual of following in the path of the romans along the old coast road from Chester to Prestatyn has become a habit for me over time. This ritual was borne out of the addiction to coffee and to the sea. One could argue that Talacre was the shortest point the beach from where I […]

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17
Jul

Vaxxers – Sarah Gilbert & Cath Green

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At the start of 2020, Sarah Gilbert was the professor of vaccinology at the university of Oxford and had been working on developing vaccines for a number of years. Dr Cath Green had a half-time role as head of the Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility (CBF) and half-time running a research team at the Welcome Centre for […]

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29
Dec

Sleep

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  I’ve been a fan of the composer Max Richter for some time now. I was particularly fascinated in his piece Sleep – which suggests new ways for music and consciousness to interact, ‘a personal lullaby for a frenetic world…, a manifesto for a slower pace of existence’. It’s a piece that is designed to […]

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17
Jun

Artificial Intelligence and Its Role in Medicine and Healthcare

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Alexandra Hammond What is Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning?   During 1941 at a secret code-breaking facility in the English countryside, mathematicians and code breakers solved a problem that would go on to significantly affect the outcome of World War II. This problem of course, was that of the Enigma cipher device which was used […]

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26
Apr

Breath

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  Reading has been one of those absolute luxuries that has been ok to overdo in lockdown. I’ve set myself a 40-book target for 2021 which promises a mix of business books and some much over-looked fiction. I recently read Breath by James Nestor – The New Science of a Lost Art. Not only is […]

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