Robert Winston
Robert Winston
Robert Maurice Lipson Winston, Baron Winston FMedSci FRSA FRCP FRCOG FIBiol FREngis a professor, medical doctor, scientist, television presenter and Labour Party politician...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDoctor
Date of Birth15 July 1940
parent new-parents pragmatic
However pragmatic you are, it is very demanding being a new parent.
thinking important age
I don't know whether it is important to study science at a young age, though current thinking emphasises the need.
mean thinking my-own
I like travelling on my own. It means I'm completely free to think about what's around me.
watches detectives spirals
I love the French detective series 'Spiral.' It's quite brutal to watch, but I'm already hooked.
important progress pace
It is important that legislation keeps pace with scientific progress.
father thinking nine
My father died when I was nine, but I came from a stable family environment, which I think does contribute to being well-behaved.
men kind modern
Our aggression is a deep instinct which survives in all kinds of manifestations in modern man.
children believe eggs
I don't believe the fertilised egg can be equated with the sort of human life that you and I represent, or our children represent.
mean cutting doctors
Robots may cut down on infection and mean a consultant can see more patients, but wouldn't you rather meet the doctor than a machine?
pain people underestimate
Surgeons always underestimate the pain and disability involved in what they do to people.
mother strong doctors
There were never any doctors in my family. But my grandparents and my mother had a strong social conscience that was formative.
animal genes concerned
You can now modify the genes of large animals, and the largest animal we are concerned with is the human.
children childhood hunters
Childhood is not dead. Children were worse off when we were hunter-gatherers; they were threatened in medieval times and exploited during the Industrial Revolution. Was it any better in the time of Charles Kingsley or Charles Dickens?
children numbers giving
Following 25 children for the TV series 'Child of Our Time' has been extraordinary. The BBC's original plan was to commemorate the new millennium. What better way than to film a number of expectant mums from across the U.K.? Coming from widely different backgrounds, all were due to give birth on January 1, 2000.