Richard is an author and surgeon, based between London and the Lake District. He was formerly doctor to the Special Air Service and has undertaken more than three decades of work in many of the world’s conflict and disaster zones, and in over 35 countries. He was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Cambridge, London, and Dubai and has cared for many of the world’s premier athletes.
His theatres of operation have included the United Kingdom, the siege of Sarajevo, the Falklands War, the North-West Frontier of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central India, the Far East, Africa, Central America, Great Earthquake of Kashmir, Java, Haiti, the desert conflict in Libya, the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan, Oman, Ethiopia, Somalia, Lebanon, and Gaza during the 2018 Great March of Return and the 2023-26 Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He has also evacuated casualties from the North Face of Mount Everest after a disastrous avalanche.
Through all these activities, Richard has written and lectured extensively. He has appeared on television and radio numerous times and has published widely for both academic and general readerships. He is a Board member of the British Guild of Travel Writers, an SAS Sentinel, a landowner, a founding member of the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy, and the Founding Editor of the Journal of Hip Preservation Surgery.
Richard is married with three children and five grandchildren, is a committed environmentalist and can frequently be found at the top of the nearest mountain. His blogs may be found at www.neverastraightline.com and www.thebitoutside.com.

Mr Amir Qureshi is a Consultant Knee and Limb Reconstruction Surgeon at University Hospital Southampton, a major trauma centre serving the Wessex region. His clinical practice includes complex knee surgery, sports injuries, osteotomy, cartilage restoration, limb reconstruction, deformity correction, problem fractures, bone infection, and primary and revision knee replacement.
He is President of the British Limb Reconstruction Society and has previously served as Education Secretary. He is actively involved in surgical training, national education and service development within limb reconstruction and complex trauma.
Alongside his UK practice, Mr Qureshi has worked with NGO and humanitarian teams in austere and resource-limited environments, giving him direct experience of trauma and orthopaedic care outside standard surgical infrastructure.
His wider interests include complex limb salvage, pragmatic decision making in difficult environments, and developing safe reconstructive pathways for patients with challenging injuries.