In this episode, Martin speaks to Ian Fussell, a Professor and Associate Pro Vice Chancellor at the University of Exeter – and once GP partner. He talks to Martin about combining science with poetry and storytelling at the COP26 and COP27 climate change conferences, making a music album about the climate crisis, using humanities in undergraduate medical education, and the importance of trust.

Episode transcript available at bma.org.uk/inspiringdoctors

You can find information on Exeter as a City of Literature at www.exetercityofliterature.com/

The One Chance Left album can be found on Spotify at https://spoti.fi/3PlIBR9

The two poems mentioned are Forgetfulness, by Billy Collins, available at: poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/37695/forgetfulness

And In The Theatre, by Dannie Abse, available at: poetryfoundation.org/poems/48469/in-the-theatre ; with a reading by the author at: poetrystation.org.uk/poems/in-the-theatre

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