Last week I went to the really wonderful Edvard Munch exhibition at the British Museum – about which I will say no more than, if you get the chance, you must go. It is on till July 21st so you have plenty of time. But emerging from the galleries full of praise for how well the …
Rising awareness of serious food allergy?
Tragic and horribly unnecessary as the death of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse was, it, and the tireless campaign that her parents have waged to get take-away foods (such as the baguette which killed her) better labelled, have certainly brought food allergy onto the front pages. They …
Climate change awakening
How many others had, like me, their climate change complacency ripped way by the the BBC's Climate change – The Facts last week? In fact, my 'awakening' had started a week before with the FT magazine's article, The Rise of Extinction Rebellion. But the shock was that much …
Interesting stats around allergy in catered situations
Last month Caroline Benjamin of the Food Allergy Aware Training Consultancy (FATC) and the solicitors Blake Morgan staged a hugely successful and interesting mock trial – 'a fictional scenario involving the prosecution of a food business involved in the supply of produce …
Prescription chaos over medical cannabis
Most people will remember heart rending stories last summer about Alfie Dingley, the seven-year-old who suffered from a rare form of epilepsy that caused him to have up to 150 seizures month. No conventional epilepsy medication worked for Alfie, but his seizures could be …