Health
Would you let parents destroy ‘gay’ embryos?
Because I’d like to have a child, and I’m getting on a bit, my husband and I have spent time…
Diary
My surgery has been calling in all those over 75 for a special session with their doctor — a sort…
Florence Notebook
Florence was in fog the day I arrived. Its buildings were bathed in white cloud, its people moved as though…
Barometer
Fat chances The National Obesity Forum said that Britain is reaching a ‘doomsday scenario’ where half the population is obese.…
Barometer
The test of a wave Waves measuring 27ft from peak to trough were seen off Land’s End as the stormy…
Don’t blame sugar
Obesity isn’t a matter of addiction. It’s a question of self-control
They still don’t get it
Ministers are finally acting on my warnings about health tourism. But they aren’t doing enough
Letters
Why we joined Sir: I was astonished by the assertion made by Wyn Grant (Letters, 21 September) that ‘the postwar…
Dear Mary
Q. I am working on becoming a member of the Chipping Norton set. Should I be pronouncing the excellent open-air…
Does the BMA prefer real fags to e-cigarettes?
What strategy should we adopt to cope with the British Medical Association? Its members kill more people each year than…
Diary
It’s been a strange summer. After a stroke, holidays are not what they used to be. We went to Juan-les-Pins…
