Modern wood Bedroom 2

Selex Block Red Modern Bedroom Set. Contemporary walk-on bedroom set of different sensations in wenge and shiny red lacquer. The horizontal ...

Modern wood Bedroom style

Wenge Bed with 2 night stands. Contemporary wenge lacquer platform bed with nightstands raised off the floor. A truly unique high gloss mode...

Action Stations

I can't keep away from Len Deighton for long. You will all know him as a thriller writer, but lesser known is his superb expertise as a...

Hydration: Attempt Only Under Medical Supervision

I've noticed how the word "hydration" has crept into the popular lexicon in the last decade or so. Before that, we were so pr...

Off Duty

East Norton is a tiny village in east Leicestershire, the last as one drives out to the Rutland border on the A47. The road once wound dange...

Railway Echo No 7

The Great Central Railway (GCR) was the last main line to be built, from Annesley in Nottinghamshire to Quainton Road in Bucks. Opened in 18...

Low-carb Review Article

The other day, I came across this nice review article from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. It gives a thorough but accessible ...

Road to Perdition

The Roman Gartree Road is scored straight across south east Leicestershire, sometimes city street, sometimes country lane, more often than n...

Pandemic flu conference calls for papers

Are you interested in issues that relate to vaccines, antiviral drugs and pandemic flu? Then here is an opportunity for you: Seton Hall Law ...

Ducks contributing to bird flu's spread

Chickens aren't the only indicators of where bird flu may occur, new research shows. Scientists think the combination of rice farming an...

Water Marks

I need help. (Muted cyber-chorus of agreement.) Why is it that I find water towers,and I have to say these white-painted ones, so appealing?...

Visceral Fat and Dementia

This study was released today, demonstrating in 6,583 patients that visceral fat mass in the 40s predicts the risk of dementia in old age. ...

Fit for Purpose

Having mentioned Fitton Hall in my last blog, I thought it would be churlish not to show it. At first glance I did think it was a derelict r...

Visceral Fat

This week, I stumbled upon a very interesting series of articles from the lab of Dr. Nir Barzilai. The first article I came across showed t...

kid's room

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curtains ideas and new design

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Kitchen design

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Game of Two Halves

Fitton End is only three miles from Wisbech, a handful of houses including the derelict Fitton Hall that looks like a gothic railway station...

French Lesson

Out on the Fens again, and a discovery on a back road between Eye and Crowland. This is one of the distinct pleasures of keeping one's e...

Okinawa and Lard

The inhabitants of Okinawa, an island prefecture of Japan, are one of the longest-lived populations in the world. Their diet and lifestyle ...

Real Food IV: Lard

Your great-grandmother would have told you that natural, homemade lard is an excellent cooking fat. It has a mild, savory flavor and a high...

Merry Easter

"It's snowed Dad" shouts Smallest Boy, as he yanks back the curtains. "Happy Easter". I open one eye and see a fir t...

kitchens photo Gallery (2)

new ideas for Kitchen design

Treasure Island This large island is useful for working and sitting. Lots of cabinets and drawers to store pots, pans and other necessities ...