Straight to the point

In 1980 I wrote a novel called Tunnel. It was a futuristic disaster novel about an explosion inside the (as then un-built) Channel Tunnel.

One of the passengers was carrying a small vial of smallpox…

1143 hrs. August 5th, Hotel …

It isn’t just the poor quality of the food we buy which makes us ill – damaging our immune systems and making us vulnerable to infections and to cancer.

The way we prepare our food can also have a dramatic …

The Jubilee nonsense which filled four early days of June in the UK made me feel very uncomfortable. The royals are supposed to be apolitical. But they are not.

How could people cheer and wave flags and hold street parties …

As the world races towards poverty it is vital to remember that poverty and death are inextricably linked.

In Africa and Asia, there are hundreds of millions of people dying because recent events – particularly the sanctions against Russia – …

There is much confusion among patients (and NHS staff) in the UK about whether patients can mix’n’match private medical care and NHS care. I have heard of patients being told (quite wrongly) that if they have something done privately then …