Snip Snip In the world of topiary, this must be the evergreen equivalent of the terracotta army. One hundred and fifty yews, painstakingly cut into re... By apit nursing Wednesday, January 30, 2008 Comment
This week in pandemic flu, emerging infectious disease: Avian flu cases causing concern in Asia Indonesia, India and other countries in the Southeast Asia region continue to have problems with reoccurring cases of avian flu, drawing con... By apit nursing Tuesday, January 29, 2008 Comment
Pillars of the Community More from Exton. Everyone (including me, as you have seen), gets carried away by Exton church and the monuments. Pevsner rushed through, bar... By apit nursing January 29, 2008 Comment
Exton Jam Exton in Rutland is a funny old place. At once both quintessentially English and slightly odd to get to grips with, it is a village full of ... By apit nursing Monday, January 28, 2008 Comment
Anniversary of 1918 pandemic flu offers lessons This year marks the 90th anniversary of one of the worst disease outbreaks in human history: the 1918 flu . From 1918 to 1919, waves of a de... By apit nursing Friday, January 25, 2008 Comment
Wonky Wessex A wet morning in Dorset, trawling about the exquisite hamlets in the Cerne valley between Charminster and Lyon's Gate. Everything broodi... By apit nursing January 25, 2008 Comment
Signing Policy Long Melford has much to please the eye. A big Suffolk wool church, a village green bordered by both a turreted gateway and a gabled garden ... By apit nursing January 25, 2008 Comment
This week in pandemic flu, emerging infectious disease: Concerns focus on more than just bird flu While health officials around the world continue to track avian flu cases, they are also keeping their eyes trained for other infectious dis... By apit nursing Tuesday, January 22, 2008 Comment
Product Support Since there has been considerable support for my showing-off one of my most treasured Christmas presents, here it is. My neighbour brought i... By apit nursing Sunday, January 20, 2008 Comment
Chik fever: Funny name, serious threat What's in a name? In the case of Chikungunya fever , a mosquito-borne disease that is becoming a growing concern around the world, a fun... By apit nursing Friday, January 18, 2008 Comment
Oil and Gravy You don't see many of these hump-backed dispensers around much either. For those unfamiliar with their use, a garage proprietor would gr... By apit nursing January 18, 2008 Comment
Stamping About I popped out to the next village just now for the paper and a scotch egg. And I thought about how lucky I was to be able to use a country vi... By apit nursing Thursday, January 17, 2008 Comment
Creature Feature 2 Cattle markets are rapidly becoming a thing of the past. My local is now a shivering tin hut next to a maximum security prison, when trade o... By apit nursing January 17, 2008 Comment
The Langton Messiah One of my favourite local buildings. This is Church Langton rectory in Leicestershire, sitting in front of you as you navigate the village (... By apit nursing Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Comment
Hot Oil & Blue Exhaust I include this old boy because there are frequent visitors to this blog (you know who you are) who will get very, very, excited by it. Not f... By apit nursing Saturday, January 12, 2008 Comment
To kiss or not to kiss? Ever wonder whether that smooch you stole from your sweetheart made you sick? Actually, you're more likely to catch a cold or the flu wh... By apit nursing Friday, January 11, 2008 Comment
New podcast helps you get fit, prepared Hitting the treadmill can be good for your body, your mind and your pandemic flu preparation. Thanks to a new podcast , you can burn some ca... By apit nursing Thursday, January 10, 2008 Comment
New research findings on infectious disease From flu pandemic protection to vaccine development, new research is shedding light on infectious diseases and offering insights into ways t... By apit nursing Wednesday, January 9, 2008 Comment
Landmark Phone Boxes Maybe in two hundred years time intrepid travellers will start to wonder why remote crossroads are often marked with a red (or by that time ... By apit nursing Sunday, January 6, 2008 Comment
Landmark Firs Have you ever noticed how many junctions and crossroads out in the English countryside (and indeed elsewhere) are marked with towering Scotc... By apit nursing January 06, 2008 Comment
Health leaders discuss avian, pandemic flu in India Avian flu and pandemic flu are both issues of high concern to countries around the world, but the degree to which nations are prepared varie... By apit nursing Friday, January 4, 2008 Comment
Aconite Acolyte And so here we are. All that Christmas jostling and shoving, and that was just to get to the bar. So we arrive in 2008, and those dull, dark... By apit nursing Tuesday, January 1, 2008 Comment