More Masai

I left out one of the juicier tidbits from the last post because it was getting long. Investigators Kang-Jey Ho et al . wanted an explanati...

Masai and Atherosclerosis

I've been digging deeper into the health of the Masai lately. A commenter on Chris's blog pointed me to a 1972 paper showing that...

Destination Moon

Onto the fastnesses of the Isle of Thanet in Kent, after attempting to con fisherfolk and old salts into taking the Unmitigated Circus out t...

Back to School

School Prints Ltd was set up by Brenda Rawnsley just after the Second World War, with the aim of bringing the idea of art out from the galle...

Fifty Not Out

In the fifties and early sixties, books like these slim volumes published by Country Life, (this one in 1958), were the souvenir purchase f...

Get Ready Mailbag

Welcome to another installment of the Get Ready Mailbag, when we take time to answer questions sent our way by readers like you. Got a quest...

Hormesis

Why are we so soft today? Why is it that our ancestors were able to perform feats like killing bears and wooly mammoths in snow-swept grass...

Unexpected Alphabets No 1

Some time ago I produced a little volume in my English Heritage Pocket Books series called Letters from England . Now stacked up in your rem...

Nature's Laws

Last night I was watching a little video clip of the Jack LaLanne show. LaLanne was an advocate of strength training and whole foods nutri...