The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa - slightly off balance.

. . . a jostling scrum of office buildings so mediocre that the only way you ever remember them is by the frustration they induce - like a basketball team standing shoulder to shoulder between you and the Mona Lisa.

I believe passionately that everyone has a particular God-given ability.

Why can't we have those curves and arches that express feeling in design? What is wrong with them? Why has everything got to be vertical, straight, unbending, only at right angles - and functional?

The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa - slightly off balance.

Scientists themselves readily admit that they do not fully understand the consequences of our many-faceted assault upon the interwoven fabric of atmosphere, water, land and life in all its biological diversity. But things could also turn out to be worse than the current scientific best guess. In military affairs, policy has long been based on the dictum that we should be prepared for the worst case. Why should it be so different when the security is that of the planet and our long-term future?

We don't, in a sensible world, want to hand on an increasingly dysfunctional world to our grandchildren.