I just decided… be brave, look in the mirror, tell it like it is, tell everything about your profession, tell everything about your life. Inspiring and healing in equal measure, this beautifully illustrated and deeply heartfelt story of Noel and Keira’s journey together teaches us all how to embrace the ups with the downs, the joy and the sorrow, the darkness and the light, that make up a life. For more great live sessions and interviews listen to The Chris Evans Breakfast Show with cinch weekdays from 6:30am on Virgin Radio, or catch up on-demand here .

It has been 30 years since Noel Fitzpatrick graduated as a veterinary surgeon, and that 22-year-old from Ballyfin, Ireland, is now one of the leading veterinary surgeons in the world. He believes that animals bring out the best in us and throughout this incredible book we meet the wonderful animals he has tried to help, the families who love them and the personal challenges he has faced along the way.

It’s a tribute to his dog who died in 2021 aged 13, and he says that although “Mammy always said that pride takes a fall”, the book is “the best thing I’ve ever done in my life”.

The Chalke History Festival announces a new name, new look, and tons for history buffs to get their teeth into!He says he felt his dog’s presence at that moment — “I surrendered once again to her love and let her in” — and that’s when he got the idea for the book. In this inspiring, uplifting and heart-warming memoir, he shares some of the most personal and powerful tales ever from his life as The Supervet. The veterinary surgeon went on: “I tell it all, and the other thing was, I wanted to be 100 percent honest about where I think my profession is and what I’ve dedicated my life to, and if I was going to be totally honest about everything, I had to be honest about everything. William Harvey Lectures On The Whole Of Anatomy An Annotated Translation Of Prelectiones Anatomiae Universalis By C.

The book is full of imaginary conversations between himself and the dog: “The day’s worries bled into nightmares. Either you tell it all raw, or you don’t go there at all, and you just make a superficial book about fluffy dogs.Let national treasure Professor Noel Fitzpatrick – the Supervet – break your heart and put it back together again in this beautiful new Christmas story. This hotel was formerly Ballyfin College, the boarding school where as a day student, Fitzpatrick was badly bullied as a boy and has very unhappy memories.

He describes how, on what turned out to be the last day of his dog’s life, she was rooting about in his office and sniffed out a candle, sent to him as a gift from a posh hotel, the Ballyfin Demesne, in Co Laois. Beyond Supervet offers an antidote to the hectic whirlwind of modern living, bringing us back to the earthed basics, and showing that, at the end of the day, love really is all that matters.Professor Noel Fitzpatrick has been at the forefront of ground-breaking veterinary surgery for decades now, pioneering neuro-orthopaedic surgeries for animals and promoting an idea he terms ‘One Medicine with his Humanimal Trust’ (more about that to follow). Globally recognised for his innovative surgical solutions for animals, Noel has developed dozens of new techniques, including many world-firsts, that have provided hope where none seemed possible. Underneath that, there’s just a little boy who is scared and feels inadequate, and if I can’t tell the truth about that, then there is zero point in writing a book. On dealing with some heavy subject-matter, Noel told Chris: “How I wrote it in the book is how I wanted to explain the truth, and coming to terms with that so you don’t keep running.