Some words we must all remember.

Oh Captain, my Captain. This is how I’ll always remember you…

SIR PATRICK STEWART (1940-2026) Before everything else, Patrick was defined by being born and bred in Yorkshire, the proud county in the north of England which he loved to the end. You could hear it in his accented voice and in the stern honesty with which he told you what he thought and felt. Yorkshiremen have no truck with half-truths or avoidance of big issues. He wore his heart on his sleeve, which made him a man to rely on, to admire and in my case, love. We first met as ambitious young actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company half a century ago but we weren’t in the same productions. My first strong memory was a few years later, meeting him in the street in central London when he told me about an offer to take over a leading part in 'Star Trek'. “But Patrick think of your stage career in the UK. Do you really want to risk—getting lost in Hollywood for years and years?”. Well, he took the risk and thank goodness for us all that he did for not just his devoted Trekkies but film and theatre audiences, who marvelled at his using international celebrity to star in a string of cinema successes ('X-Men' of course) and in great classical plays by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Arthur Miller, Peter Shaffer, Pinter and Beckett at Stratford-upon-Avon, in London’s West End and on Broadway. America was his adopted home, where he met his adored Sunny who has cared for him through sickness and health, through thick and thin. But he never forsook his origins: and the proudest achievement of the most respected and beloved actor of his generation on either side of the Atlantic, was his appointment as Chancellor of Huddersfield University in Yorkshire. His farewell performance in 'Avengers: Doomsday' is yet to be seen. Ian McKellen 29 October 2026 Photo: University of Huddersfield

What have we learned in #IBD over the last decade❓ Britta Siegmund, current ECCO president, outlines the most important advances in IBD in the past 10 years and predicts what the next decade might herald The @D_ECCO_IBD first-ever consensus on existing dietary therapies for IBD from @VaioSvolos, @EmmaHalmos et al. is highlighted 🌟High-quality evidence supporting nutritional therapy in adults has only emerged in the past decade 🌟Less restrictive and more patient-friendly dietary interventions appear sufficient to achieve clinical benefit 🌟This shift raises the prospect of nutritional strategies as tools for disease modification and even prevention, particularly from a global health perspective Happy 10th Birthday to @LancetGastroHep 🎂 thelancet.com/journals/langa…

I've seen and reported the Maitlis spam advert 24 times in 3 days and it's still hitting my timeline hard. This platform is beyond broken now.

The Pitt Season 2, Episode 8 does an NHS themed episode. It's very accurate!

‼️Not all dietary fiber sources are the same for lowering #Crohnsdisease risk 💡@The_GEMProject followed up healthy people with high risk of Crohn's for 8.5 years and found ⬆️ ß-glucan and inulin intake were associated with: 🔸Preserved gut barrier function 🔸⬇️ inflammation 🔸⬇️ CD risk When looking at 94 first-degree relatives (parents, siblings or children) who went on to develop the disease themselves from a pool of 3,314 individuals over a median of 8.5 years: ✅ ⬆️ beta-glucan (found in oats, barley, grains) and inulin (found in garlic, onions, leeks, asparagus) intake was protective of subsequent Crohn’s, each associated with around a 30% reduction in risk ✅ ⬆️ beta-glucan and inulin intakes were linked to: 🔸A ⬇️ in Ruminococcus torques, a species previously identified as the highest contributor to GEM Crohn’s disease microbiome risk 🔸⬇️ C-reactive protein (but not with changes in fecal calprotectin) 🔸⬇️ gut permeability ✅ ⬇️ intake of pectin, inulin, FOS, and beta-glucan was linked to impaired intestinal permeability and subclinical inflammation, while ⬇️ inulin intake was associated with ⬆️ fecal calprotectin levels 🌾🧅Don't underestimate the power of fermentable dietary fiber to reduce the risk of #Crohns among first-degree relatives of patients with the condition @AGA_Gastro 📚Read more: gastrojournal.org/article/S0… 🔍Editorial from @PaedsRH: gastrojournal.org/article/S0…

Happy 250th Birthday to America. At times, it feels like we don't understand each other but that, I suppose, is the point of independence. Every time I've been, I've loved it. I hope to come back soon! Your hosting of this World Cup has shown that friendship beats politics.

How bad this Brazil team look against Japan emphasises clearly how far off the mark Scotland were.

Hands down. This was the best Amiga game (with a brilliant soundtrack) Agree?

Diet and nutrition matter for IBD prevention and management @PaedsRH & @sarbagili discuss what's new and interesting in the field and how microbiome research can help build a bright future  tinyurl.com/e7jzxpcd

Turn it into social housing then...

The World Cup is proof that, if it weren't for our leaders, the vast majority of people around the world would get along just fine.

Scotland fans take over Miami. Absolutely glorious. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚽️🇺🇸

if a toddler puts a sticker on you, that’s a sign of great respect in their culture

We live in a heavily partisan world where the things that divide us are given prominence and politicians and media/social media promote that. This World Cup has cut through, showing that as different as people are, there's more that unites than divides us. People > Politics.

RT @NHSGrampian: .@Metallica fan, @SNBTSblood blood donor & our Deputy Head of Comms Emma got a sneak peek at exclusive donor #Metallica T-…

As the Tartan Army migrates to Florida, it's rumoured Mickey Mouse has been fitted for a traffic cone.