Death comes to life at ‘Beyond the Body’

As a young researcher disillusioned by the academic rat race, I’m a vocal proponent of shattering echo chambers and paving untraditional publications pathways whilst concurrently grappling with the ‘but how?’ question. After visiting the creative communications triumph ‘Beyond the Body: a portrait of autopsy’, I had to know more about the people and process that …

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Media Monthly: It’s all about the money in Netflix Original “Okja”

Welcome back to media-not-so-monthly. To all my loyal fans, apologies for my hiatus. You wouldn’t believe it from the quality of these reviews…but this isn’t my full time job. On with the show - this time, it's Netflix Original Okja. Monsanto, oops I mean Mirando, has discovered a new super-pig that is both more delicious …

Media Monthly: What a vegan mockumentary can teach us about public health

Welcome to 2067, a meat-free futuristic utopia where veganism is the new norm. Picture-perfect, healthful, happy youths cannot come to terms with the gruesome fact that their ancestors consumed meat – whilst remorseful elders attend intensive therapy to help swallow their un-camembert-able past. And so begins the journey to understand how the world was, and where …

Public health on the big screen

Ever got home from a hard day's work at the office or library and thought "I wish population health would take up more of my time"? No, me neither. Non-academic portrayals of public health issues by the mainstream media are important though, given they're likely to reach a much bigger audience than anything popping up on PubMed. Below is …