To be alive is to be in perpetual change: growing, healing, learning, ageing. In his book Shapeshifters, physician Gavin Francis explores how change is the essence of being human. Join us for a series of conversations offering personal perspectives on our perpetual metamorphosis.
![Photographic portrait of Gavin Francis against a blue wall.](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection%2F2c17c3ec-af69-4744-8c77-fcb2031459bb_c0146102.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=50)
Gavin Francis, Thomas SG Farnetti. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).