Losing a child is a dreadful tragedy – our children are not meant to die before us. But how much more horrendous must it be to know that you caused your child's death? So no one can have anything but the most gut wrenching sympathy for Tom, the father of Raffi Pownall who died in …
FreeFrom Skincare
FreeFrom Skincare Awards in full judging swing
In between garden-greening downpours last week our FreeFrom Skincare Awards judges did manage to sniff the jasmine on their way down to the garden for a quick cup of coffee. But for most of the week I fear they have been locked away sniffing frankincense and lavender and …
Living with allergies – a blueprint
It is scary having a new baby, especially if it is your first. But how much more scary does it become when, even though you are breast feeding and doing all that the books tell you to do, your baby is obviously in constant pain, is not sleeping, is covered in eczema and is …
Living with MI (methylisothiazolinone) allergy
Alex has done it again..... Found an extraordinarily abstruse subject (did you ever read his piece on gluten-free communion hosts?) and dissected it in great detail. But on this occasion he has not only dissected it, but reconstructed it into manageable and comprehensible …
Looking to the future
So, following on from all that bracken – where are we taking the FoodsMatter empire? I cannot deny that James' totally unexpected death in August has certainly made me think very carefully about what it is that we have been and should be doing. In purely practical terms, he …