Stories about Brian's time at King's could fill a small book. He was a part of the fabric of the department of nursing studies and its successors. I was lucky enough to count him as my friend and our regular lunchtimes are one of those periods that I look back on as 'the good times'. Brian was not always observant of the current niceties of political correctness. Yet although it caused considerable amusement to his colleagues it was not so surprising that at least one student nurse chose Brian as the person to 'come out' to. Although it seemed incongruous and Brian appeared on the surface to eschew the therapeutic approach to students taken by some colleagues he was warm, generous and kind. I think that was clear to students. I have also never met a man who could muster such an earnest and detailed conversation about curtains as Brian could.
Stories about Brian's time at King's could fill a small book. He was a part of the fabric of the department of nursing studies and its successors. I was lucky enough to count him as my friend and our regular lunchtimes are one of those periods that I look back on as 'the good times'. Brian was not always observant of the current niceties of political correctness. Yet although it caused considerable amusement to his colleagues it was not so surprising that at least one student nurse chose Brian as the person to 'come out' to. Although it seemed incongruous and Brian appeared on the surface to eschew the therapeutic approach to students taken by some colleagues he was warm, generous and kind. I think that was clear to students. I have also never met a man who could muster such an earnest and detailed conversation about curtains as Brian could.
