Georgina Findlay

Joining the UK trade mission to the US reminded me that the British-American relationship goes far deeper than politics UK delegates on the tarmac at London Heathrow before boarding the British Airways charter flight to LA on May 18 © UKinUSA, CC BY-SA 4.0 One jam-packed week in Los Angeles reminded me that life goes on outside politics.

Analgesia that facilitates early mobilisation is crucial for achieving the best possible outcome after knee arthroplasty and may reduce chronic post-surgical pain [1]. Peri-articular local infiltration anaesthesia offers effective analgesia and is recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence [2].

Nicholas Kole, a 35-year-old Vancouver-based character designer and illustrator, lights up when he recalls his entry into art. “When I was a teenager and was watching the Lord of the Rings movies, a bit flipped in my brain and lit a spark in me,” he says. “I got really excited about character design and the minutiae of how this stuff was made.” Nicholas’s mother is an illustrator, and he was raised in a creative environment where drawing was encouraged.