TY - JOUR T1 - Editor’s Briefing JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 59 LP - 59 DO - 10.3399/bjgp14X676627 VL - 64 IS - 619 AU - Roger Jones Y1 - 2014/02/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/64/619/59.abstract N2 - The severe weather in the UK which ushered in 2014 was a reminder, if one were needed, to take nothing for granted and to expect the unexpected. The year will give us many opportunities to reflect not only on the forces of nature but on the works of man. 2014 commemorates the 450th anniversaries of the births of two towering geniuses, William Shakespeare and Galileo Galilei, as well as that of Christopher Marlowe. It is also the centenary of the birth of Dylan Thomas. In March, comet Holmes reaches its solar perihelion, and in April a total lunar eclipse will be visible over east Australia, the Pacific, and North and South America. Closer to home, the Tour de France, slightly bizarrely, … ER -