There is something Absolutely Fabulous about Murtagh. The eponymous tome has traversed the decades and has defied the decline of printed text.

It is big; it is heavy. It is a book for the bookshelf, for those who still have bookshelves.

It can be treated with reverence, the pages turned carefully like a monk reviewing sacred scrolls. Or it can be a worker’s handbook.

Students and registrars arrive at the practice with Murtagh in their kit. It sits on their desk bearing coffee stains, dog ears, highlighter markings and scribbled notes.