Do you have a new, super-fast, super-wonderful BT Infinity Fibre Optic broadband package which downloads (and indeed uploads) everything at the speed of light? If so, I am sure you are very pleased with it. We are with ours. And in all the promotional bumph which no doubt came …
Fairtrade olive oil from Palestine – mmm…!
Recently my good friend, the Iraqi artist Khulood Da'mi, took me to a delightful 'oud' evening run by Common Ground and CADFA who organise exchange groups of Palestinian and British children. Apart from the children's singing and some fine music from Kefaya and Nizar …
May induced childbirth increase the risk of autism and ADHD?
The benefits or disadvantages of natural childbirth over induced does not really come within Foodsmatter's remit but I was so shocked by these two studies, highlit by Natural News, that I wanted to give them a wider airing. My first shock was the discovery that around 25% of …
In memoriam – Dr Harry Morrow Brown
Sadly, but not unexpectedly, Dr Harry Morrow Brown finally lost his battle to keep his heart ticking last week. He was 96. I first met Harry and Freda nearly 30 years ago at the Oxford Food Symposium. How come? Well, Freda was interested in food so they thought they would …
Blog hiccups
Dear Blog Visitors - As you may have noticed we are having a few 'issues' with the blog right now..... We have currently lost all of our images – yes, including the garden and the cats! However, they are, we understand, floating around in cyberspace. It is just a question of …