An exclusive interview with Professor Jane Somerville professor of cardiology.
During her career that spanned over 40 years, Jane worked at both the National Heart Hospital and the Royal Brompton, helping to establish the grown up congenital heart disease service (GUCH) at both hospitals.
Jane became the second woman to enter the Paediatric Cardiology Hall of Fame, founded the GUCH Patients Association (later renamed the Somerville Heart Foundation) and the inaugural World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology.
Now in retirement, she is dedicating her time campaigning with whistleblowing practising doctors, in the uk who have found themselves centre stage of a widespread culture of institutionalised coverup, that stretches from their places of work, up to the highest levels of power.
Also featured on the show poetry and song from artist Olie Martin.
Olie Martin is an artist, musician, writer, researcher, activist and co-founder of RIGD Media, an independent platform for citizen journalism and creative content. Originally from the South East of England, he is now based in Argyll & Bute, Scotland following a few years in Manchester & then Liverpool. After leaving school at sixteen, Olie worked in carpentry before discovering his love of books and words and returning to education to study Sociology and Politics at Goldsmiths University. Olie’s relocation ‘up North’ included some personal turmoil and a period of street homelessness. Building on his experiences, Olie created ‘The Sounds of the Streets’, an immersive sonic and sculptural piece capturing the ambient sounds of Manchester’s urban street subculture. The piece featured in the International Arts and Homelessness Festival (Manchester, 2018) and the International Sonic Arts Forum (Huddersfield, 2019), and was showcased at Liverpool’s ‘Light Night’ Festival in May 2020. Olie is a prolific writer, whose published work includes a well-received investigative journalism series for independent publication ‘The Manchester Meteor’, fictional short stories in ‘The Lumpen Journal’ (January 2020) and a collection of selected poetry as ‘The Black Fox’. He is currently in discussions around publication of his first novel, ‘A Gust of Wind’ as well as working on new poetry collections for publication and various sound & music projects. To contact details; olie@oliemartin.com.
We pay tribute to the whistleblower following the release of Julian Assange.
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