Her name was Poppy – my first ever pooch whom guided me from my pre-Mexican bandit facial hair days, through to a completely new era in my life, as she bid me her final farewell during my first week of Edinburgh University. Half German Shepherd – Half Total Fluffpot, my fondest memories of her include her attempt to bite a
Read moreNever mind the glorious Victoria Secret types (well….). There are other kinds of wonderful models in this world. StatisticalModels, Public Health Efficacy models and low and behold….Animal Models. Often the target issue of animal right activists against the world of dirty pharma (and rightly so), animal models do and have played an insightful role into how medicines work before giving them a
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2 months on from turning 24, I’m still finding it difficult to come to terms with the ordeal. It feels like yesterday when a younger friend turned to me and said “Jeees Phil tomorrow you’re seventeen! Gettin’ old man….” and now after a quick head-to-toe examination in the mirror, I take in the battle-wounds accumulated since; A freckle on my
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