Since reading the reports on Friday that Omega 3 fats may have no benefits for heart health after all, I’ve been noticing ads for everything from Omega 3-enriched margarine to Omega 3 eggs. But this report on how scientists have genetically engineered pigs to contain Omega 3 fats surely wins the award for the most [...]

There are ominous grey clouds in the sky and a forecast for rain so the organisers have called off the Sunday Stroll.

The reason British television is so good is that the BBC is so strong and well funded, lifting the bar for everyone else. The means of funding – the licence fee – is flawed and controversial but the alternative of funding through taxation is far worse, resulting in death by a thousand cuts as the [...]

It’s Saturday morning, the sun is shining, the sky is blue and I’m off to the market to meet a friend, drink good coffee, eat yummy food and chew the fat (both literally and figuratively). What more could I want? A bit of exercise and some entertainment later on? Well that’s covered too, after the [...]

There seems to be no escaping it: There is dire news on global warming everywhere I look. It deserves to be front page news every day and now it practically is. (Actually the front page news that really caught my eye this morning was the headline ‘Debunked: the health benefits of oil fish’ on front [...]

Who can resist an elephant? They are one of my very favourite animals and Slate today has a number of Magnum Photos pictures of elephants in Thailand. Many of them are photos of elephants being treated in the elephant hospital.

Since I am in England but my friends and family are in Australia, I like to use Australian e-commerce sites whenever I can and get the gifts shipped directly. I don’t see any point paying postage to send things airmail from England when that money could either go on a better gift or stay in [...]

Journalism at its best is about reporting useful and important information that someone doesn’t want you to know. This article does exactly that. Thailand, despite being a lively democracy with explicit freedom of information of laws, has signed a secret memorandum or understanding with neighbouring Burma/Myanmar to dam the Salween river. It’s secret because the [...]

I hate those telemarketing calls from my bank or credit card provider trying to sell me an increased credit limit or insurance policies that I don’t need. First of all, even though they’ve called me and I have no way of knowing whether it’s really the bank on the other end of the line or [...]

Yesterday we had another power cut, which lasted until almost 4pm. I lost a lot of time on my work but it wasn’t a dead loss as I did manage to go and swim some laps at the pool while my laptop was charging in the CCTV room (the power was only out in our [...]