The power of touch
16 November 2005
Michael Holman writes about the astonishing operation which transformed his life and brought him unexpected insights into medicine's complementary mysteries
Listening to my brain
31 March 2001
I am watching from my hospital room as the sun rises over the snow-covered Alps surrounding Grenoble. It is the first day fo the rest of my life, and I wnt to extract the essence of every moment...
Last bid for freedom
31 March 2001
When the drugs that enabled Michael Holman to function with Parkinson’s disease stopped working, he knew time was running out. So he went to France to undergo pioneering brain surgery, performed without anaesthetic. His friend Michela Wrong witnessed the 11-hour operation - and its aftermath