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Why was Nelson Mandela great?

Posted by: Philip Stokoe at 12:34, January 3 2014. In his article criticising the uncritical coverage of Nelson Mandela’s death, Simon Jenkins (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/10/mandela-coverage-banality-of-goodness) described his presidency as indifferent. According to Jenkins, “he was a worse than ordinary president. He did little to resist the drift to cronyism and corruption, was a poor executive, and never Read More

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Curiosity & Interest and the NHS

Posted by: Philip Stokoe at 16:09, April 1 2013. In what follows I want to acknowledge my gratitude to my old friend James Fisher who died last year, much too soon. I had assumed that what I am about to say was taken as axiomatic by my fellow psychoanalysts but he pointed out that I Read More

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