https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n09/gavin-francis/brain-spot-men Created Fri, 21/04/2023 - 00:00 Updated Fri, 21/04/2023 - 00:00 Neurologists are accustomed to breaking bad news. Robert Douglas-Fairhurst’s doctor was brisk and businesslike: ‘I’m going to come right out with it,’ she said. ‘I think you have multiple sclerosis.’