I feel immensely privileged to have known Simon. I had known his sister Debbie in Bristol when we were radicalized by the student politics of the 1970's. I came to Sheffield in 1979 just as a whole cohort of radical people were thinking about health and health care in different ways. I came to Darnall where the Occupational Health Project was already reaching people in their own environments, working men's ! clubs and then GP practices. I worked with the pioneers of the project who became my colleagues in the practice and indeed Simon continued to work at the Darnall practice for the rest of his working life. In the days of the Darnall equal pay practice collective he was immensely influential in guiding our thinking and giving me the confidence to continue. We created a practice culture that was at the same time professional, equal, collaborative and respectful and we were friends. Mandy and Simon, of course met at Darnall when Mandy came there as a doctor and stayed during one of our heydays. I feel honored to have been part of their lives from the very early days. Of course being friends with Simon did not mean that our lives were necessarily very close but I feel especially pleased that I was able to join the book group with Simon in the last years of his life. It reminded me of a conversation we had many years ago about the author Milan Kundera and how well read, thoughtful and intelligent he was. This was a person who could have easily been Professor of Occupational Health in any prestigious institute of learning anywhere in the world yet he chose to spend his working life in Darnall. I cannot think of anyone who gave a greater commitment to ordinary working people in a deprived area of Sheffield that most people have hardly heard of. I think this is a great person who should be remembered and cherished and I shall miss him terribly. We must all somehow continue the work he was engaged with, to advocate for ordinary people, to promote their health and fight against the people who make money at the cost of people's lives. Jack Czauderna