Roger Gosden’s Substack

I have posted articles about reproductive medicine, science, and population on Substack at What’s Hot in Fertility? since the spring of 2024. And shortly I will launch new literary work on my Personal Substack at https://gosden.substack.com/p/welcome-to-my-personal-substack. I hope you will opt for a free subscription: my writing will remain unmonetized.

This is a portrait of my close companions. Ben and Reg lie quietly beside my desk where I can lean down to stroke them. It sometimes helps to overcome writer’s block!

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