This feels like a very lazy way of writing a blog – but I do not believe in re-inventing the wheel so, if Alex has already said it, and said it well, why would I say it again? In fact, on this occasion, it is not only Alex but one of his 'commenters', GlutenfreeB, who has said it …
Coeliac/celiac disease
The Everyman, the Futurist and Il Forno….
The new Everyman theatre is Liverpool's latest cultural icon, winner of the Stirling prize for architecture, recycled, sustainable, heat recovered and filled with great quality air.... Portraits of everyday Liverpudlians have been designed into the theatre's 'street face' by …
Liverpool and the Allergy Show score again!
Cressida and I have just had a fab weekend! We have been at the Liverpoool Allergy and FreeFrom show – right here in the Albert Dock in the centre of Liverpool….. Now for me to say that I have had a fab w/e at a show is quite something as, although I do realise that they are a …
Judging the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards
I have just spent a fascinating two days working my way through the judges' comments on our entrants for the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards. And let me say right now that our judges did a sterling job! The forms were extremely long and complicated (much too long and complicated in …
Inside the teenage male brain
Moving on from 7–9 year olds' bizarre ideas about water consumption, John Scott alerted me last month to a new book investigating why it is that teenage boys so often appear to take the craziest of risks. This is especially concerning if you are the parent of an allergic teenage …