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Tim Atkinson

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United Kingdom
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Covers:  Health, education, philosophy, culture, music, travel
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Tim Atkinson’s Biography

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Tim has written for the Guardian, Reader’s Digest, Irish Times, Daily Mail and TES as well as appearing on national TV and radio. He is the author of several books and is currently involved both in training programmes for health care professionals and in developing support materials for patients suffering from chronic pain.

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Obituary: Felicia Jane Cox (1965–2026)

Obituary: Felicia Jane Cox (1965–2026)

Flick Cox, who has died after a long illness, was the first Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Pain, a…

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Quaint Gateway to the Yorkshire Dales

Quaint Gateway to the Yorkshire Dales

Tim Atkinson visits Pateley Bridge. Fuelled by delicious hot chocolate at Cocoa Joe's, he pays a visit to an …

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Books on Prescription

Books on Prescription

Tim Atkinson reviews three new books dealing with health and chronic pain.

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The Patient Voice: Who's Listening?

The Patient Voice: Who's Listening?

Vice-chair of the British Pain Society's Patient Voice Committee Tim Atkinson reflects on the importance on l…

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Get to know Knaresborough - Yorkshire Bylines

Get to know Knaresborough - Yorkshire Bylines

Tim Atkinson goes rowing on the River Nidd in Knaresborough, after testing the health benefits of the local i…

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How speaking to a BDSM model helped to ease my chronic pain

How speaking to a BDSM model helped to ease my chronic pain

Rather than sitting passively, we need to take back some control

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Obituary: Felicia Jane Cox (1965–2026)

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By Tim Atkinson
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ORCID iD References PDF/EPUB More Cite Share options Information, rights and permissions Metrics and citations Figures and tables Felicia Cox, London, December 2016. Flick Cox, who has died after a long illness, was the first Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Pain, a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing and holder of the British Pain Society’s medal of distinction.
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Marking Their Graves

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By Tim Atkinson
| Substack
On 19th March 2003, on the eve of the second Gulf War, Lt. Col. Tim Collins squinted through his Ray-Bans at the soldiers of the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. ‘We are entering Iraq,’ he told them, ‘to free a people and the only flag which will be flown in the ancient land is their own. Iraq is steeped in history,’ he said as they stood beneath the desert sun. ‘It is the site of the Garden of Eden, of the Great Flood and the birthplace of Abraham. Tread lightly there.
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Man caught in livestreamed paedophile sting jailed

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By Tim Atkinson
| Yahoo Canada Verified
A man has been jailed for three years after "ugly" disorder broke out when his arrest was streamed live on Facebook during a paedophile sting. Lee Comley, of Leigh Park in Havant, Hampshire, was arrested on 1 July after a group calling itself the Child Online Safety Team aired their confrontation with him before police arrived.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Self-appointed editor of the West End Review... a sort-of school newspaper!

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes... and still do (sometimes)!

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