Archive
Author: Alasdair Renwick-Hale
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Isolation Is the Most Common Unmet Need
I remember sitting in a small, dimly lit room in the oncology ward, the smell of antiseptic heavy in the air, listening to a…
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The Most Useful Advice Comes From Two Generations Away
I remember sitting in a sterile hospital waiting room years ago, watching a young woman try to explain a digital medical portal to her…
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Paying Late Is a Moral Act, Not an Administrative One
I remember sitting in a sterile hospital corridor during a double shift, listening to a nurse explain how a new “equity framework” had just…
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What You Memorise Is What You Have at Three in the Morning
I remember sitting in a drafty hospital chapel years ago, trying to hold onto a single verse of scripture while a family wept just…
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Two Translations Reveal Where the Ambiguity Lives
I remember sitting in a dim hospital corridor years ago, clutching a single, heavily annotated Bible, trying to find the right words for a…
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Reform Happened on Both Sides
I spent many years in hospital wards, sitting in the heavy silence that follows a difficult diagnosis, and if those years taught me anything,…
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Obligations Run in Both Directions
I remember sitting in a sterile hospital waiting room many years ago, listening to a young man weep because he had “given everything” to…
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Readable and Accurate Are Both Real Priorities
I remember sitting in a small, dimly lit study years ago, staring at a page of sixteenth-century liturgical text that had been “translated” by…
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Several Causes Converged at Once
I spent thirty years in hospital wards, sitting by bedsides where people were stripped of their pretenses, and if there is one thing I…
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Practice Does Not Require Enthusiasm
I remember sitting in a dimly lit hospital room in the late nineties, the smell of antiseptic clinging to my sweater, watching a man…