Sepia-Toned Baking

Could this take its place as the Unmitigated Cook Book? I was reminded of its existence in the Ashley Archive this morning when my sister-in...

Sunday Palate

I couldn't resist this. A Sunday morning coloured abstract in Market Harborough, speaking for itself. Of course I do have to say that it...

U.S. Pandemic preparedness: Health protection or civil liberties violation?

If there is a flu pandemic or other widespread outbreak of infectious disease in the United States, the federal government has plans ready t...

Off the Wall

Always prohibitively expensive to buy, vitreous enamel signs are the brilliantly colourful 'Street Jewellery' of the English scene. ...

Pump and Circumstance

An unmitigated disaster of a day out on the Fens. I should have believed the BBC forecast for once and stayed at home, instead of disconsola...

CDC: States making progress toward preparedness

U.S. states are more prepared for an emergency, but still have a lot of work to do before they receive an "A" grade, according to ...

Next wave of infectious diseases likely to emerge from animals, developing countries

Monkeys, chickens, pigs, bats: What do all of these animals have in common? They're all sources of infectious diseases that have proven ...

Stars and Stripes

Staring at my Len Deighton collection this evening, as one does, I looked again at this superb Raymond Hawkey cover for the first Penguin ed...

Remembrance of Tins Past

I went on about this anachronistic shop in the Unmitigated England book, and illustrated my recollections with a selection of pictures taken...