Log into the excellent Food Programme on Radio 4 on Sunday at 12.30 (and then again on Monday at 3.30pm) as they too are looking at allergies. 'Bee Wilson asks why the number of people suffering from food allergies is on the rise, and how the death of a teenager from a sesame …
Allergies
Alikats wild camping
Way back in 2011 I first posted about my nephew Alastair and his wife Kathryn (the Al and Kat of Alikats...) who had set off to Morzine in the French Alps to run skiing chalets. For the first year or two they ran chalets for other people, to learn their trade. But by 2013 they …
Pret fallout
While the ongoing focus on food allergy resulting from the inquest into Natasha Ednan-Laperouse's death has been good, other aspects of the tragedy have been somewhat overshadowed by the condemnation showered, rightly, on Pret a Manger for failing to ingredients-label that fatal …
Allergy Insight updates
While I have been effectively 'off air' there has been an interesting flow of posts from Alex on his Allergy Insight blog. So for those of you who may have missed them: 19th September - Allergens – easy to ask covering the FSA, Allergy UK and Anaphylaxis Campaign's new …
Pret, Natasha and the sesame seed baguette
There is absolutely nothing good about a teenage girl dying as a result of an allergic reaction. But the massive coverage resulting from the inquest into Natasha's death has at least brought the issue of severe allergies to the forefront of everyone's minds – and that is …