This morning’s Guest Post is from Adrian Jones, who argues there are clues in the fate of Henry VIII’s fixer Thomas Cromwell as to Elon Musk’s possible future. Society swirls around themes and narratives, and being caught on the wrong side of them as they chop and change can be fatal! Let’s not lose our heads over complex issues like Climate Change and Vaccinations, but understand them and the power of consensus…  

Alzheimers is becoming the most common cause of death. The costs it imposes, usually on families, but also on society are immense. Preventing it will require investment to research and therapies, but these makes sense in terms of the quantum (all of us!), and reducing the healthcare burden on society. There are investment solutions!

The holiday season is almost over. Pharmacology bids farewell to a brilliant scientist this morning. The America’s Cup is underway in Barcelona and the Team GBR boat is low and slow. And great advice from a 117 year old – stay away from Toxic People.

Strip away all the political nonsense, the decaying infrastructure, even Brexit, and the real issue to solve at the core of the UK’s multiple problems is the National Health Service. Solve that, reboot it and relaunch it, and everything else may fit back into place. Its worth a try.

The last thing new UK premier Liz Truss will try to do is fix the NHS. Too difficult and an electoral minefield. It will get worse. But, tech and medical advances plus a bit of flair could give us a new NHS fit for purpose and ready for the next century. It will take will and imagination – which is unlikely to be found in the Department of Health or No 10.

A short digression on Covid, Dementia and Sir Alexander Fleming.