Martin Bax is a British consultant

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, who, in addition to his medical career, founded the Arts magazine '' Ambit'' in 1959. He lives in London. Since he created it, ''Ambit'' has published poetry, prose and artwork from the likes of

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, Peter Porter,

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and many others. He retired as editor in 2013. His first published novel was ''The Hospital Ship'' published by Cape and New Directions in 1976. More recently ''Love on the Borders'' was published by Seren in 2005. In the 1970s using text from ''The Hospital Ship'' he developed the Vietnam Symphony with jazz trumpeter Henry Lowther and this was performed at the

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(ICA) and subsequently on

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. He has also written for children and his book ''Edmund went Far Away'' was published in the US and the UK. Martin Bax organised regular readings in the UK for ''Ambit'' magazine, and jazz events as well, presented at various venues in London and elsewhere including The Betsey Trotwood in Clerkenwell, London and

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. Bax also edits the medical journal ''Developmental and Child Neurology''.

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