I do not watch the Dragon's Den as I do not enjoy ritualised humiliation. I know that it is all about making entertaining telly, but there are other ways. And yes, I know – the Bake Off does ritualised humiliation as well, but it is so much gentler..... However, this morning I …
Allergies
Emoji-ing food allergens
I have been having an interesting exchange over the last ten days with one of our long-time subscribers who sent me a link to a document on the UTC (Unicode Technical Committee) site. (The UTC, for those do not know, 'is responsible for the development and maintenance of …
Take the kit!!! New Anaphylaxis Campaign film
The Anaphylaxis Campaign estimate that around 20 people a year die from anaphylaxis. Many of those will be 15-25 year olds – and many of those deaths just could have been prevented. As anyone with allergic children will know, life is relatively (yes, only relatively) simple …
Secrets from Chuckling Goat
There is no doubt that goat milk soap is all the rage this year – we had a whole clutch of goat milk soaps entered (and winning) in the FreeFrom Skincare Awards recently. So when my good friend Prudence Nuesink (she of Body Talk) leant me a book about the making of goat milk …
Allergy awareness – or the lack of it – in high street takeaways
We had a nice little bit of coverage on last night's ITN 6 o'clock news thanks to a report from the Royal Society of Public Health revealing that : * Over two thirds of all takeaways visited (55 around London) failed to provide legally required information on how customers …