Peter Cackett

I managed to body swerve COVID-19 for nine months. The Pfizer vaccine was being rolled out in my trust. I had…

"Bring back life form, priority one, all other priorities are rescinded." Film buffs will spot this as a chil…

These are the famous lines uttered by Chief Surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt (James Robertson Justice) and Medical…

"In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the...…

Supercomputer: "The answer to the great question of Life, the Universe and Everything is..." Programmer: "Yes…

"They can always hurt you more." This is The Fat Man's Law Number 8 from the book The House of God by Samuel …

Peter Cackett, Tim ffytche and Dr Irina Gout reflect on historic ophthalmic aid sent to Eastern Europe. This …

"I want you to deal with your problems by becoming rich" As declared by Jordan Belfort in a motivational spee…

Interviewer: "Mr Murphy, what attracts you to the leisure industry?" Spud: "In a word: pleasure. It's like pl…

The article that follows is a collection of reflections and observations by Peter (British) and Nathan (Singa…

"Please phone Mr C Lyon ASAP on 0131 334 9171" This was a message from my secretary waiting for me on my comp…

"Number one: you can never have sex. Big no no! Big no no! Sex equals death, okay? Number two: you can never …

Peter Cackett spoke to ophthalmologist and social media sensation Dr Glaucomflecken about his early days in c…

It is now nine months since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine commenced in late February 2022, with …

"Ah, youth is wasted on the wrong people." Some will recognise this as one of the many brilliant quotes from …

"When you're in love, it's the most glorious two-and-a-half days of your life." - Richard Lewis [1]. The good…

Steve Schallhorn: Fighter Pilot. In the spring of 1987, I travelled to the cinema at Hendon Central in London…

As a child of the 70s and 80s, there were limited television viewing opportunities. For the duration of the 7…

"What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so." The abo…

Lake, Sweden, as featured in The Story Of Looking. In an interview with Director Mark Cousins about his relat…

Speaking with Phoenix-based ophthalmologist and poker player, Dr Corey Hochman, Peter Cackett explores the th…

When I was a junior doctor in the late 1990s writing my first scientific papers, once each article was finish…

I have always been captivated by a true-life story demonstrating the human spirit of triumph over adversity. …

The quote below comes from Rudy Baylor, a graduate fresh out of law school and recruited by a ruthless ambula…