December 2018 – What should we eat now?

As October’s autumn fruitfulness is lost in November rains, December days get shorter and we start to look towards a midwinter feast to stave off the gloom. December is not only the lead up to Christmas, but these days it is also when thousands gather for two weeks at the United Nations Climate Change conference,…

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Take the 100th birthday test

Last year, I was privileged to travel to Stockholm to attend a relative’s hundredth birthday. It can happen, but just imagine when you are near the end of your life, and perhaps you are lucky enough to be thrown a party, what would you like the speeches to say about you? That you worked really…

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February Blog 2010

Last month, we started our Feast or Famine season looking at how we eat and move and how this is starting to make so many of us sick and die before our time. This is a great paradox, for it is only recently that most people in the developed world have had enough to eat,…

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