Many of you will already know, or at least know of, Ruth Holroyd who runs the What allergy? blog. Ruth has more allergies and intolerances than all of our hot breakfasts put together and writes both movingly and amusingly about living with them. One of the symptoms of her many …
Eczema
Lovely Liverpool – and a really good show…
What a great city! And what lovely friendly people! Just do not ever try to get there up the M6 on a Friday night..... Our introduction to said friendliness was a taxi driver who found us (Cressida, Alex and I) peering despairingly through the rain, in the dark, at an Albert …
In memoriam – Dr Harry Morrow Brown
Sadly, but not unexpectedly, Dr Harry Morrow Brown finally lost his battle to keep his heart ticking last week. He was 96. I first met Harry and Freda nearly 30 years ago at the Oxford Food Symposium. How come? Well, Freda was interested in food so they thought they would …
Numbers and perceptions – of life and allergy
I am an avid reader of The Week and particularly addicted to the snippets on page 6 which include 'Poll Watch' – this week devoted to our misconceptions. Mind you, their figures were taken from Ipsos Mori and Telepraph blogs so maybe the latter need to be taken with a little …
2013 FreeFrom Skincare Awards shortlist – bathing in beauty balms!
A very small selection of the 200+ products that were entered into this year's FreeFrom Skincare Awards – and which we spent two very long, balm-filled and fragrant days judging last week. By the end of day two my right arm had been 'polished' (with the aid of salt, sugar and nut …