Health Reform

President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law on March 23. Last week, he spoke about health reform when he...

Missing Walter

Between the village of Clare and the town of Sudbury in Suffolk runs one of our many River Stours. Meandering in its shallow valley it also ...

Copper and Cardiovascular Disease

In 1942, Dr. H. W. Bennetts dissected 21 cattle known to have died of "falling disease". This was the name given to the sudden, ...

Topknots

(Click on image to enlarge.) Source: 55 Hair Styles (Dell Purse Book), 1972

Where's That Then? No 19

An ordinary English town that enjoys an international reputation. I wonder if that lingerie shop is still there?

Magnesium and Vitamin D Metabolism

Ted Hutchinson posted a link in the comments section of my last post, pointing to a page on the Vitamin D Council's website where Dr. ...

Easter in Somerset

Not a very Easter Sunday kind of picture, but at least there's some daffodils in it. A little piece of 'pleasing decay' found at...

Are These Your Trouble Spots?

(Click for larger images.) Source: 1000 Hints Beauty #7, 1956

Low Vitamin D: Cause or Result of Disease?

Don Matesz at Primal Wisdom put up a post a few days ago that I think is worth reading. It follows an e-mail discussion between us concern...