Passing Observations 195

    Here are some facts for your consideration. First, Russia has a huge grain surplus. And too much fertiliser. Second, they can’t sell the stuff to the West because of stupid sanctions introduced by politicians with a yen for self-harming policies.

The Medicine Men

My first book, published in 1975, was called The Medicine Men. It was the first book to attack the pharmaceutical industry and to excoriate the medical establishment for its links with the drug industry.

Astonishingly, the book was very well …

Passing Observations 194

    The Office for National Statistics reckons that 5.6 million immigrants will come to England over the next decade. And 3.4 million tax-paying, largely white English people will leave in despair. Those are the official figures. The real figures will, inevitably,

My First Operation

We were all waiting. The patient, already anaesthetised, was lying on the operating table. The anaesthetist, sitting at the head of the table, presiding like father at Sunday lunch, kept one eye on the machine by his side and the …

Learn to Know Yourself

Vernon Coleman’s hugely popular book Know Yourself has just been republished as a paperback. The book contains 940 questions that reveal the real you. Are you loyal, obsessive or inquisitive? What job is right for you? Will you ever be …