When first I spooled through Trip Advisor looking for interesting places to stay in Petra I noticed some ‘Bedouin camps’ in ‘Little Petra’ and mentioned these to Jolanda in my ‘booking’ email. (See here for more on Jolanda and my stay in Petra.) She suggested I wait until I …
Please do go to Jordan – it is safe – and amazing…..
‘Jordan…. You’re not going to Jordan, are you? Is it safe?’ A question that is asked all too often of prospective tourists. And a question that, along with the thousands of refugees massed on the border with Syria, is creating havoc in the Jordanian economy. In a country so …
Tube Feeding Awareness week
Those of you who also read the FoodsMatter newsletter may have seen Rachel's article about her multi allergic family – herself, Type1 Diabetic, her daughter, wheat and dairy allergic and her 10-year old son, who is now living on five foods but who spent last year being tube fed …
Worldwide furore over Australian investigative programme questioning the safety of wifi
A couple of weeks ago the Australian investigative programme, Catalyst, aired a half hour programme questioning the safety of wifi which unleashed a storm of controversy on Twitter and elsewhere. During the programme, reporter Dr Maryanne Demasi talked to a number of campaigners …
FreeFrom delivery – or not…
Last week I got the following email from Julia Reid who runs Stonecroft guest house in the Peak District and was the winner of last year's FreeFrom Eating Out Awards Guest House category. 'Last week I did my weekly shopping online from Ocado as usual. In the past my gluten-free …