Gavin Francis

Culture
The road not taken: Gavin Francis on his long love affair with geography
The blanks on the map still cry out to me to fill them in.

By Gavin Francis
13 December
Culture
Hearts on their sleeves: what drives us to get – and often regret – tattoos?
In his Edinburgh clinic, the GP Gavin Francis sees more than his fair share of tattoos that ordinarily go unseen – and learns more about his patients as a result.

By Gavin Francis
06 May
Culture
Pump action: the heart-stopping history of cardiac surgery
Thomas Morris's book The Matter of the Heart is not for the squeamish.

By Gavin Francis
10 June
Culture
The modern troubadours who walk the waves
New books by Simon Armitage and Patrick Barkham follow walks through the south of England.

By Gavin Francis
03 September