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Peter Mortimer

    This author focuses on the comprehensive research and clinical practice of lymphoedema and related disorders of the lymphatic system. His internationally recognized work centers on self-management and treatment strategies for this condition. He emphasizes providing valuable advice and information for patients dealing with lymphoedema. His approach is grounded in deep knowledge and practical experience within dermatological medicine.

    Glasgow's East End in the 70s
    The Gorbals in the 70s
    Townhead in the 70s
    The (Not Quite) Biggest Ever Tim Vine Joke Book
    The Voyage of The Sea Dragon
    The Biggest Ever Tim Vine Joke Book
    • 2021

      This unique book offers four new short stories in two separate forms. Firstly as written by Peter Mortimer and secondly as graphically interpreted by the artist Pete Shaw, thus enabling the reader a direct comparison on how one creative artist responds to the work of another. The supernatural, the surreal, and the dystopian combine in this quartet of distinctive stories

      The Whistling Licence
    • 2021

      At the pandemic's start Peter Mortimer began writing a daily column for the Journal, Newcastle's morning newspaper. Satirical, comic and sometimes absurdist these columns focus directly or indirectly on the Covid-19 phenomenon. The first 100 columns are collected here.

      Planet Corona, The First 100 Columns
    • 2018

      Peter Mortimer's new full-length play has its world premiere at The Exchange Theatre North Shields for the full week beginning Monday April 23rd 2018. Rainbird is based on the life of the North Shields artist Victor Noble Rainbird who before the First World War was seen as one of the most talented artists in the region and was the only northerner accepted for the Royal Academy of Arts in London in 1911, where he won various awards and prizes. Rainbird's war experiences badly marked him and he ended up alcoholic, selling his paintings for liquor in North Shields hostelries. He died in poverty and obscurity at the age of 48 and for 80 years was buried in a pauper's grave in Preston Cemetery North Shields.Recent interest in his work raised more than £6,000 for a proper headstone and The Old Low Light, North Shields has staged two recent exhibitions of Rainbird's work. This book contains the full tex, rehearsal photos, cast list and a foreword by the author. The play its produced by the North Tyneside based Cloud Nine Theatre Company and directed by Neil Armstrong.

      Rainbird
    • 2016

      The Voyage of The Sea Dragon

      • 670 pages
      • 24 hours of reading

      Set in 1725, the story follows a young Devonshire fisherman who embarks on an unexpected adventure across the Pacific Ocean. As he readies his boat on a dreary July morning, he is thrust into a thrilling journey alongside a crew of merciless fortune seekers. This odyssey promises excitement and peril as they navigate the challenges of the sea and the ambitions of their crew.

      The Voyage of The Sea Dragon
    • 2016

      Let's Talk Lymphoedema

      • 210 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      A friendly and informative guide to one of the UK's most overlooked medical conditions

      Let's Talk Lymphoedema
    • 2015

      This collaboration between Glaswegian Peter Mortimer, who has written the text, and photographer Duncan McCallum, who took these wonderful but grim photos of a grimy, resigned and depressing 1970s Glasgow, covers the city centre, with an emphasis on the Old Town and Merchant City.

      Central Glasgow in the 70s
    • 2014

      This is a collaboration between Glaswegian Peter Mortimer who has written the text and photographer Duncan McCallum who took these wonderful but grim photos of a grimy, resigned, and depressing 1970s Glasgow. As the subtitle suggests the book goes out east along London Road, Gallowgate, and Duke Street as far as Parkhead and Camlachie showing much in-between these points.

      Glasgow's East End in the 70s