The conviction this week of Indian takeaway owner, Mohammed Zaman, for Paul Wilson's shocking and totally needless death in January 2014 has once again brought anaphylaxis onto the front pages. As I am sure you will all have read, Paul Wilson, who was peanut allergic, died …
Hay fever hits Chelsea headlines – well, almost….
For the last 20 years or more I have been dutifully trecking off to Royal Hospital Road for Chelsea Flower Show's press day in the vain hope of finding a low allergen show garden. So I was more than frustrated (I was unable to go this year) when I heard an item on the Today …
Walking the Cinque Terre
Just north of La Spezia where the Apennines tumble down into the Mediterranean, five tiny villages, Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarolo and Riomaggiore cling to the rocks around minute 'harbours'. Thousands of vines scramble along the terraced hillsides above. This is known …
Wifi smog to envelop the NHS
The latest issue of the excellent ES-UK's newsletter reprints two pieces from the Guardian last year (15th June and 21st December) reporting on the spread of wifi throughout NHS hospitals and GP surgeries. The aim is excellent. More connectivity between hospital departments …
Village Ways – 10 years on
Way back in 2007 I went on an amazing walking holiday in the foothills of the Himalayas with what was then a very new eco-tourist group called Village Ways. The project had been started to provide work for the the people of the Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary: they built guest houses …