It sickens me to see how this government has wasted its entire time in office on culture wars, scapegoating and self-inflicted scandals, while, as the current extreme sea surface temperatures suggest, we are racing towards planetary tipping points.

Laura Bates says it was “offensive to men” when Andrew Tate, after he was charged with human trafficking, tweeted “this isn’t just about me. This is about all of us.” It’s “giving men a bad name.”

What that room needs is more women.

If doctors don’t regard #cancer patients as partners, they can drive decisions that are entirely out of line with a person's life priorities. Read my CancerWorld piece about #jointdecisionmaking bit.ly/3QMwXBb

This is very good, and very funny. Thank you Mark Steel Mark Steel: ‘I have cancer and it feels like there’s a leopard in my house’ theguardian.com/stage/2023/oct…

Is FLASH the future? A remarkable new approach to #radiationtherapy seems to kill tumours but leave healthy tissue undamaged. Is it too good to be true? I try and find out the answer in CancerWorld cancerworld.net/ultra-high-dos…

Sanity.

Lethal to cancer cells but leaves healthy tissue largely untouched? It's almost the definition of a 'magic bullet'. Simon Crompton looks at the remarkable evidence on #FLASH ultra-high dose rate #radiationtherapy and asks: is it too good to be true? cancerworld.net/ultra-high-dos…

We're at #COP28 to bring the voice of our mascot Octavia🐙 urging global leaders to sign and ratify the #HighSeasTreaty as a key action to address the climate and biodiversity crises. #OceanAction = #ClimateAction #BNNJ #RaceForRatification

COP28 is now on the verge of complete failure. The world desperately needs to phase out fossil fuels as quickly as possible, but this obsequious draft reads as if OPEC dictated it word for word. It is even worse than many had feared. It is “Of the Petrostates, By the Petrostates

Human ‘behavioural crisis’ at root of climate breakdown, say scientists theguardian.com/environment/20…

I was so pleased to do this. And then honoured that the final podcast was also a tribute to my dear friend Martin Heaney Martin Heaney who died just before Christmas. He is being missed by so many.

'I hear the thrush, and I see Him alone at the end of the lane Near the bare poplar's tip, Singing continuously.' The Thrush by Edward Thomas - A Friend to Simon Crompton bit.ly/3HwlpMD #PoemsAsFriends

Fighter? Survivor? Patient? Cancer professionals interact more effectively when they are alert to how people describe themselves in relation to their cancer diagnosis. Dr. Vicky Forster reports on the somewhat surprising findings of a new survey cancerworld.net/hero-survivor-…

Tackling #cancer and tackling #climatechange go hand in hand. Esther Nakkazi looks at how #airpollution from cooking fuel is contributing to cancer deaths in Africa, and explores efforts to help communities switch to cleaner alternatives cancerworld.net/not-just-a-cli…

The magic of compassion and technology, read how @CCHRC_Silchar and Dr.Ravi Kannan transformed cancer care in the remote Barak valley in Assam.

The words that doctors use to describe disease affects patients' outlook and treatment choices – nowhere more so than in #cancer. So should we even be calling low-risk "cancers" cancer? Read my CancerWorld piece bit.ly/3VLNsyl

Read my piece on the power of words in cancer in CancerWorld

Excellent piece by Dr Cordelia Galgut demonstrating why health professionals should be allowed to be more open about their own experiences of cancer.

Read my piece on the importance of, and difficulties involved in, comparing #surgery and #radiationtherapy for the treatment of #cancer Ajay Aggarwal