Secret life

Aston University optometry department head, Professor Leon Davies, on the unifying power of musicals

Optometry student and drag racer, Stacey Reed, on pre-race rituals, keeping calm under pressure and what it feels like to travel at 150 miles per hour

Optometry lead at the University of the West of England, Dr Rebekah Stevens, on her choir’s journey from rural Wiltshire to one of the world’s most famous concert halls

From face painting to cat portraits and life-like illustrations of ocular pathology, neuroscientist Sam Strong is an artist with many talents