SA Mathieson http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson SA Mathieson Sat, 26 May 2012 16:19:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The National Museum of Computing – Acorns, Colossi, Spectrums and a Witch http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson/the-national-museum-of-computing-acorns-colossi-spectrums-and-a-witch/ http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson/the-national-museum-of-computing-acorns-colossi-spectrums-and-a-witch/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 16:28:11 +0000 SA Mathieson http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson/?p=900

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I recently visited the National Museum of Computing for a Guardian Government Computing article, which you can read here. I also took a lot of photos – here are some of my highlights, all of which are mentioned in the … Continue reading →

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Parisian museums have a lot of mentions of ‘email’, but usually that is because it is French for the enamel of which an exhibit is made. But the excellent Musée de l’Armée within Les Invalides has an exhibit showing an … Continue reading →

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The data used in the Guardian article quoted from below, on how life expectancy varies across the country, deserved mapping. I’ve focused on UK male life expectancy, which according to the Office of National Statistics varies by 13.3 years between … Continue reading →

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The Hospice Comtesse, just north of the historic centre of Lille, opened in 1245, more than seven centuries before the formation of the NHS. It treated the sick for free, using income from its estates and donors, until 1796 when … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson/religion-and-healthcare-why-the-nhs-provokes-holy-arguments/feed/ 1 Dear Twitter follower… http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson/dear-twitter-follower/ http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson/dear-twitter-follower/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:42:22 +0000 SA Mathieson http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson/?p=669

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Thanks for following me on Twitter. I generally, but not exclusively, tweet about healthcare ICT, management and innovation in the UK. If you don’t already know, I am a senior analyst at Kable, Guardian News and Media’s public sector market … Continue reading →

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