Ovid's Heroides

Love Poems, Letters, and Remedies of Ovid
Translated by David R. Slavitt

Penelope to Ulysses

These words, dear slow Ulysses, Penelope dispatches; never mind the favor of your reply, but come, yourself, at once

love is a matter filled with anxiety

It’s a sure thing that I, a girl when you went away / however quickly you come, will look like an old woman.

frankly it’s a scandal

There’s a reason you’ve not seen your GP recently – and frankly it’s a scandal
Allison Pearson 4 May 2021

Behind these sly manoeuvrings, I fear there are other, financial, concerns at work...

Back in April, Matt Hancock said that “patients who have got used to online GP and outpatient appointments during the crisis may not want face-to-face appointments when things go back to normal”. The Secretary of State stressed that the NHS “must not lose” the digital “advances” that have been made during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Advances for whom, Secretary of State? ...

Here’s the thing, Mr Hancock. Most people still want to see a GP, not send them a photo of their ailment or take their own blood pressure. They don’t care to be part of your cost-cutting, digital healthcare revolution which strips the human touch from the doctor-patient relationship.