Robert Winston
Robert Winston
Robert Maurice Lipson Winston, Baron Winston FMedSci FRSA FRCP FRCOG FIBiol FREngis a professor, medical doctor, scientist, television presenter and Labour Party politician...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDoctor
Date of Birth15 July 1940
war school years
I remember eating in school in the years after the Second World War. Most of my friends had miserable portions of Spam with an inedible, glutinous pudding served in containers we called 'coffins.' As a vegetarian, I had a lump of loathsome cheese and some bread.
children important important-things
Having a child is arguably the most important thing you do in life.
baby animal prevention
My own field, the prevention of genetic disorders in babies, has been possible only because of humane work on animals.
thinking medicine taught
Ethics is not routinely taught to science students except in medicine, and I think it should be.
parent new-parents pragmatic
However pragmatic you are, it is very demanding being a new parent.
thinking important age
I don't know whether it is important to study science at a young age, though current thinking emphasises the need.
mean thinking my-own
I like travelling on my own. It means I'm completely free to think about what's around me.
watches detectives spirals
I love the French detective series 'Spiral.' It's quite brutal to watch, but I'm already hooked.
important progress pace
It is important that legislation keeps pace with scientific progress.
father thinking nine
My father died when I was nine, but I came from a stable family environment, which I think does contribute to being well-behaved.
men kind modern
Our aggression is a deep instinct which survives in all kinds of manifestations in modern man.
children believe eggs
I don't believe the fertilised egg can be equated with the sort of human life that you and I represent, or our children represent.
mean cutting doctors
Robots may cut down on infection and mean a consultant can see more patients, but wouldn't you rather meet the doctor than a machine?
pain people underestimate
Surgeons always underestimate the pain and disability involved in what they do to people.