In the Media

Patron Baroness Helena Kennedy KC appears on Private Passions on BBC Radio 3

Saving Faces Patron Baroness Helena Kennedy KC appeared on Private Passions on BBC Radio 3.

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Professor Hutchison features in documentary ‘In a Blink of an Eye’

Following his comments on the atrocious events happening in Iran of Iranian forces shooting at

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Professor Hutchison comments on the Iranian forces shooting female protesters – The Guardian, 8th December 2022

Professor Hutchison comments on the appalling events happening in Iran of Iranian forces shooting at

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Global VRiMS

The UK’s surgical research charity Saving Faces and its national research centre NFORC are proud

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New PCR test for oral cancer set to revolutionise diagnosis and treatment

qMIDS, the world’s first rapid oral cancer test, has been developed by Queen Mary University

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BAOMS Chair Patrick Magennis comments on the SEND publication in The OTJ Journal November 2019 issue

“This open access paper funded by charity Saving Faces and Cancer Research UK (CRUK) is

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Facial Injuries – The Lancet, 27 January 2018

Following our eye-opening conference with The Royal Society of Medicine on 22nd January 2018 to

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Preventing Domestic Violence – The Hippocratic Post , 18 January 2018

“Some of the most terrible facial injuries I have ever had to deal with have

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3D printouts used to rebuild bike crash victim’s face – BBC Website, 7 January 2017

Professor Iain Hutchison spoke to the BBC about the use of 3D printed models to

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The Guinea Pig Club – BBC Four, 21 October 2016

Professor Iain Hutchison features in The Guinea Pig Club documentary on BBC Four.

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Prof Hutchison collaboration with turner-prize nominated artists Jane and Louise Wilson, The Northern Echo, September 2016

Working closely with Professor Iain Hutchison, Turner-prize nominated artists Jane and Louise Wilson are exhibiting

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Why I gave up nicotine when I was 13 – The Hippocratic Post, 30th April 2016

“There isn’t a particular patient who has made me want to stop smoking because I

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Acid attacks – A challenge for reconstructive surgeons – The Hippocratic Post, 17th March 2016

“As a surgeon I don’t want to sound defeatist, but surgery is not the best

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The genesis of the Saving Faces Art Project – The Lancet, 1 June 2015

Professor Iain Hutchison presented his lecture on the Saving Faces Art Project on 15 April

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‘Stitching up people’s faces in casualty excited me’ – The Telegraph, 08 April 2015

Professor Hutchison opens his home to the Telegraph for a whirlwind tour of his life

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The Woman With No Face featuring Tambu Makinzi – Channel 5 & Netflix, 14 September 2015

Tambu Makinzi is a 27 year old mum of one from Zimbabwe and lives in

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One to One with Iain Hutchison – BBC Radio 4, 14 April 2015

For those who missed out the first time, the BBC radio 4 programme, One to

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Open letter from surgeons calls for end to “Dental Care Lottery” – The Telegraph, 6th April 2015

In an open letter to The Telegraph, a group of prominent surgeons, including Saving Faces’

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Saving Faces at Naughton Gallery, Culture Northern Ireland, 9th January 2015

Exhibit portraits of patients suffering from facial cancer, illness or injury by Mark Gilbert

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Fix your bike face – Evening Standard, 5 January 2015

Pioneering surgeons at The Royal London Hospital are repairing our broken cyclists.

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If my face upsets you, it’s your problem not mine – The Telegraph, 15 December 2014

Jenna Corbin, works as a paralegal and charity volunteer. She also has a large and

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Launch of world’s first facial injury research centre – Evening Standard, 25 November 2014

The launch of The National Facial, Oral and Oculoplastic Research Centre (NFORC) was featured in

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Improving the prognosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma in 2013 – British Dental Journal, 8 November 2013

Professor Iain Hutchison’s editorial for the British Dental Journal to coincide with Mouth Cancer Action

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The hidden cost of mouth cancer – BBC, 11 May 2013

Professor Iain Hutchison urges that all dental implants should be fitted to patients diagnosed with

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That’s disgusting – BBC Radio 4, The Forum, 5 January 2013

Why do we react to “disgusting” stimuli, the way we do? Professor Iain Hutchison joins

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Embarrassing Bodies Cancer Special – Channel 4, 18 October 2012

One of our supporters, Josh, features in the Embarrassing Bodies, Stand Up to Cancer special

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Morning Stories talks to Iain Hutchison – Radio WGBH, 28 August 2012

Professor Iain Hutchison speaks on US-based podcast, Morning Stories, about his work and Saving Faces.

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Most comprehensive face transplant revealed – Channel 4, 28 March 2012

Professor Iain Hutchison comments on the “Most comprehensive face transplant revealed.” Read more here: https://www.channel4.com/news/most-comprehensive-face-transplant-revealed

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Lynda’s Story – Woman’s Own, 30 January 2012

In 2010, Lynda French suffered a terrible car accident which left her skull split in

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Connie’s Story – Daily Mail and The Telegraph, 23 Aug 2011

“For three years, she had to put up with cruel taunts because of a condition

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The high price of face transplants – The Telegraph, 27 Mar 2011

As surgeons prepare for the first British face transplant, Laura Donnelly of the Telegraph examines

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Battling Graham gets his life back – Eversham Journal, 21 Feb 2011

Saving Faces patient, Graham Hall has been hailed as “an inspiration” in the Eversham Journal.

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Putting on a brave face – Pride Magazine

Professor Hutchison’s patient speaks about her experiences in Pride Magazine.

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New faces special – Surgery just to look normal, Chat Magazine

Prof Hutchison’s patients speak about their face and experiences in Chat Magazine.

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Regina’s Story, BBC Inside Out, 6 Decemeber 2010

Saving Faces has been involved in the treatment of a young girl with a large

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Celebrity Quitters – Channel 5, 28 January 2010

Saving Faces was featured in episode 9 of Celebrity Quitters, the Channel Five series in

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How could anybody love me? – Real People

Professor Hutchison’s patient speaks about his face and confidence in Real People.

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Iain Hutchison operates on young girl with rare tumour

After hearing about the plight of an 18 year old Zimbabwean girl, Iain Hutchison offered

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Face surgery patients to grow their own bones – The Times, 10 May 2009

Professor Hutchison featured in the Times for attempting to grow replacement bone from a patient’s

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Face transplant ‘double success’ – BBC, 21 August 2008

Following the surgical success of two full face transplants in China and France, Professor Iain

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The Man With No Face – Channel 5, 26 Mar 2008

The story of Jose Mestre from Portugal attracted considerable media attention after Professor Iain Hutchison

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The Saving Faces and Reconstruction Debate – The Guardian/BBC, 4 March 2008

The Saving Faces debate on The Face and Reconstruction, which took place on 4th March

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The face of the future by Iain Hutchison – The Guardian, 4 March 2008

Facial reconstruction is making great advances, and may soon enter the realm of science fiction.

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Iain Hutchison: The face of the face – The Guardian, Opinion, 4 March 2008

Facial reconstruction is making great advances, and may soon enter the realm of science fiction.

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Fighting the curse of the face eating tumour – The Telegraph, 3rd December 2007

Professor Hutchison featured in an article in The Telegraph, titled “Fighting the curse of the

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Kelly’s Story – The Times, 25 February 2006

Reproduced from The Times. 25th February 2006. Kelly Smith, 21, lives in Yorkshire.  Aged 15,

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Check-up focus on oral health – BBC Radio 4, 10 March 2006

Prof Iain Hutchison talks to Barbara Myers in a radio phone-in on oral health.

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More than skin deep by Iain Hutchison – Opinion, The Guardian, 30 October 2006

The prospect of face transplants prompts important questions of identity and appearance. The news that

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I refuse to hide my face away – The Telegraph, 7th August 2006

Professor Hutchison and Chair of Trustees, Elliott Bernerd featured in an article in The Telegraph,

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Experts mull face transplant bid – BBC, 21 June 2006

Professor Iain Hutchison comments on the future of face transplant following a bid by the

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A gallery of faces remade, Philadelphia, 2006

The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert featured in multiple news outlets in Philadelphia.

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Case notes – BBC Radio 4, 23 May 2006

Prof Iain Hutchison talks to Dr Mark Porter in an episode of Case Notes about

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Rebecca: Girl who was given back her face, Evening Times, 8 April 2006

One of Professor Hutchison’s patient features in the Evening Times.

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Schools stop smoking project – Radio Five Drive, 27 March 2006

Steve Clarke from Tabor School in Braintree, Essex talked about the Saving Faces smoking project

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Saving Faces, Art that heals – Gateway, 14 February 2006

The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert featured in Gateway when the project was

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How to become an oral and maxillofacial surgeon – BMJ Careers, 28 January 2006

The British Medical Journal Careers section, tells us what it takes to become an oral

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Prof Hutchison presents at the Art and Medicine Exhibition – 13th January 2006

Professor Hutchison presents the Saving Faces Art Project at the Art and Medicine Exhibition on

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Art of Medicine, The City Weekly, 11 January 2006

The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert featured in The City Weekly when the

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Face to Face, Lincoln Journal Star, 3 January 2006

The Saving Faces Art project by Mark Gilbert featured in two articles in the Lincoln

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Woman has first face transplant – BBC, 30 November 2005

Prof Iain Hutchison comments on the first every face transplant operation that took place in

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Go-ahead for first full face transplants – The Guardian, 16 December 2005

Professor Iain Hutchison warned that full face transplant rejections could be a serious issue.

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Prof Iain Hutchison on face transplants – The Independent, 12 Dec 2005

Prof Iain Hutchison comments on face transplants for The Independent’s, Independent Voices section.

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What would it be like to walk around in someone else’s face? – The Observer, The Guardian, 4 December 2005

Professor Hutchison comments on “What would it be like to walk around in someone else’s

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I’m really going to try to give up now – BBC, 18 November 2005

Following Prof Iain Hutchison’s talk to pupils at a secondary school about the danger warnings

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New licensing laws raise mouth cancer fears – The Telegraph, 16th November 2005

Professor Hutchison featured in an article in The Telegraph, titled “New licensing laws raise mouth

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Surgeons tackle folly of smoking – BBC, 13 November 2005

Oral and maxillofacial surgeons including Prof Iain Hutchison who specialise in the treatment of mouth

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Tanked Up Teenagers – BBC Documentary, 28 September 2005

In a BBC documentary “Tanked up Teenagers“, Prof Iain Hutchison speaks to students about the

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The University of Nebraska in Omaha received a grant to host the Saving Faces Art Project

The University of Nebraska in Omaha received a grant from the Nebraska Art Council to

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Saving Faces from one artist to another, Camden New Journal, 10 March 2005

The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert features in Camden New Journal.

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Implants rebuild children’s faces – BBC, 12 January 2005

Professor Iain Hutchison emphasises the need for research on the use of implants to rebuild

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Saving Faces Art Project, Royal College of Surgeons of England

The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert featured in the bulletin of Royal College

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Why the whites of our eyes spell danger – BBC, 17 December 2004

Professor Iain Hutchison comments on a new US research that suggests that coming face-to-face with

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Face cancer shocks for child smoker, The Independent, 2004

The Saving Faces smoking prevention study featured in The Independent. Read full article below

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How the brain recognises a face – BBC News, 13 December 2004

Iain Hutchison, Chief Executive of Saving Faces, comments on the research findings published by a

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Surgeons ‘rebuild’ patient’s face – BBC News, 13 October 2004

Iain Hutchison, Chief Executive of Saving Faces, comments on the success of the world’s first

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Putting heads together, British Medical Association, 24 July 2004

Saving Faces launches a de Lotbinière Facial Surgery Research Centre in memory of Henry de

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Artificial bone hope for face operations – BBC News, 2 July 2004

Chief Executive Iain Hutchison comments on the advances of computer technology which could revolutionise facial

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What’s in a face? BBC News, 10 June 2004

When you look in the mirror you don’t just see a face. You see you.

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Face surgery research unit opens – BBC News, 10 June 2004

The launch of Saving Faces – The Facial Surgery Research Foundation in 2000 by Chief

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A Life in the Day with Professor Iain Hutchison – The Sunday Times Magazine, 11 April 2004

Saving Faces very own Professor Iain Hutchison has the spotlight shone in The Sunday Times

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The future is looking better

The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert featured in an article. Read full article

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Saving Faces Art Project, The Barts and The London Chronicle

The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert featured in The Barts and The London

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I just don’t know how they do it, Evening Standard, 18 November 2003

Professor Hutchison speaks to Allison Pearson about the Oral and Maxillofacial Unit at the Royal

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Down in the Mouth – The Observer, The Guardian, 28 September 2003

“From bad breath to a numb tongue and tight lips, oral health can be a

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‘What Are You Staring At? – BBC Ouch!, 11 August 2003

Chief Executive Iain Hutchison was featured in BBC Ouch!, which is a blog by the

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Barbara’s Story – Best Magazine, 5 Aug 2003

Barbara Alves was working as a model when a flesh-eating disease ravaged her face. As

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The Saving Faces Art Project, The Link, 2003

The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert featured in The Link (the staff newspaper

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A happy ending to a harrowing tale, Guardian Series, 9 January 2003

Professor Hutchison speaks about A happy ending to a harrowing tale of one of his

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Facing the world

Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert features in an article.

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People stare – but my beautiful boy’s a work of art, Best Magazine

One of Professor Hutchison’s patient and painting in the Saving Faces Art Project featured in

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Henry de Lotbinière – The Times Obituary, 8 Oct 2002

Reproduced from The Times, 8th of October 2002. “De Lotbinière refused to be cast down

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Head and neck wewsletter, Dimbleby Cancer Care Service, October 2002

The Saving Faces Art project by Mark Gilbert featured in the Guy’s and St Thomas’

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Putting cancer into sharper focus – The Telegraph, 30th July 2002

Professor Hutchison featured in an article in The Telegraph, titled “Putting cancer into sharper focus”

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Saving Faces Art Project at the Leeds City Art Gallery and the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 2002

The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert was hosted at the the Leeds City

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Close up and personal, The Economist, 29 June 2002

Professor Hutchison speaks about Cy-scope, “A device used in metallurgy [which] should simplify the diagnosis

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I risked my child’s life to heal her face – The Mirror, 4 April 2002

One of Professor Hutchison’s patients, features in The Mirror. Read full article below

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Painting What’s Left of Faces, Sometimes What’s Behind – The New York Times, 3 April 2002

The Saving Faces Art Project was featured in one of the world’s most renowned papers,

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Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert features in the BMJ, 1 April 2002

“Gilberts powerful portraits allow us to experience something of what the patients themselves may feel.

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Health innovator: Iain Hutchison – The Guardian, 31 March 2002

Iain Hutchison fell in love with the human face during his medical training. Helping out

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Do the faces on these pages really speak volumes? Daily Express, 30 March 2002

The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert features in the Daily Express.

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‘Why should looking odd change your life?’ – The Guardian, 20 March 2002

“Henry de Lotbinière was a happily married man with a successful career as a barrister

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Profile of Artist, Mark Gilbert – Sunday Telegraph, 6 March 2002

For years, the portrait painter Mark Gilbert had no qualms about disappointing his sitters in

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Face exploration – Ham and High, March 2002

The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert features in the Ham and High. Read

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Face Facts, Art Review London, 2002

The Saving Faces Art project by Mark Gilbert featured in the Art Review London. Read

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About face – New Scientist, 16 February 2002

Professor Hutchison and Mark Gilbert speak to the the New Scientists about the Saving Faces

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Saving Faces Art Project, Health Service Journal, 14 February 2002

The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert featured in the Health Service Journal.

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The scalpel and the easel, The Times

The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert featured in The Times. Read full article

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Constance’s Story – The Mirror, 24 January 2002

“When Constance was told she had cancer of the mouth she thought she would be

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Saving faces: art and medicine working together, The Lancet, 19 January 2002

The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert featured in The Lancet.

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A mouthwash saved my life – Daily Express, 9 Jan 2002

“Nearly 4,000 people in Britain are diagnosed with mouth cancer every year, and it kills

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Artist aims to change attitudes – Evening Times, 8 January 2002

The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert features in the Evening Times.

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Saving Faces Art Project at The Glasgow School of Art – 2002

The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert was hosted at the Glasgow School of

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Bold and Beautiful, Metro, 2002

The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert was reviewed in The Metro.

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Exhibition marks launch of face charity

The launch of Saving Faces was marked at the National Portrait Gallery hosting the Saving

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Let’s face it, art can help it, Clyde Post, 12 December 2001

The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert featured in the Clyde Post.

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The art of Saving Faces – Stark Talk, 2001

Professor Hutchison speaks to Ed Stark on BBC Radio Scotland about the Saving Faces Art

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Facing cancer. Portraits that help to heal – South China Morning Post, 7 January 2001

The Saving Faces Art Project in collaboration with BP National Portrait award winning artist, Mark

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The Saving Faces Art Project, The Guardian Guide, 16 September 2000

The Saving Faces Art project by Mark Gilbert featured in the The Guardian Guide.

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The big show: Saving Faces, The Times, September 2000

The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert featured in the Times when it was

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Unfair treatment, The Times, 26 July 2000

Professor Hutchison comments on the government’s plan for the health service. Read the full article

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Press cuttings from the Saving Faces launch, 2000

The Saving Faces launch featured in the Camden New Journal.    

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Face Paintings, Daily Express, 1 July 2000

The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert featured in The Daily Express.

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They screwed my face back together – The Mirror, 29 June 2000

Professor Hutchison and one of his patients, Rhonda Gibbs, feature in The Mirror.

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Why should I hide away? – The Guardian, 27 June 2000

We value beauty so highly that living with disfigured features can be unbearable. Angela Neustatter

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The future is looking better – The Daily Telegraph, 27 June 2000

From the breast to the brain, and the lung to the prostate, it’s hard to

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Antonia’s Story – The Daily Telegraph, 27 June 2000

For more than a year, Antonia Danby draped her hair over her right eye. She

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Rebuilding people’s faces and lives, BMJ, 1 April 2000

Professor Hutchison features in the Student BMJ in Rebuilding people’s faces and lives. Read the

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A tale of two Henrys, The Telegraph, 11 January 1997

Professor Hutchison’s patients, Henry de Lotbinière and Henry Ekpe, feature in The Telegraph. Read full

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