On the Use of Red Wine for Paediatric Anaesthetics during Ritual Genital Cutting.
An ancient spiritual rite of initiation takes place. The foreskin of a newborn infant is to be removed. That area of the body that is […]
Year: 2013
Biodynamic Farming: “A rather magnificent cow-dung ice cream cone”
More ill-considered tosh from our national broadcaster. This time it’s biodynamic farming. Sitting out on the bonkers fringes of the organic farming movement squats another […]
Write to Your MP about NHS Choices
Today’s Guardian has revealed the extraordinary story of how the Department of Health corrupted information on the NHS Choices web site to make it more pleasing […]
Homeopathic Quality Control – It’s Nonexistent
Christopher Brookmyre’s short story place b., contained in his anthology, Jaggy Splinters, includes a rather amusing story about how a journalist goes undercover to sting […]
Incurable stupidity and irresponsibility at WDDTY
Today, the latest version of What Doctors Don’t Tell you goes on sale in WHSMiths, Waitrose, Sainsbury and many other high street locations. The February […]
Falsely balanced or balanced by falsity?
This is a guest post from vet, Simon Baker. It is timely for me as last week I turned down the offer of being interviewed […]
Why Does the MHRA Not Close Down these Homeopaths?
BBC South West have again produced an excellent investigation into the practices of homoeopath,s this time focusing on the trade in sugar pills sold as vaccines for children. Given […]
Steiner Academy Bristol, A Challenge: Be Open With Parents
The proposed Steiner School in Bristol was reported yesterday to have attracted ‘huge interest’ from prospective parents. They say 850 people have expressed an interest […]
Tory Free Schools Plot to Spin Away the Racism of Steiner Schools.
Last year, I wrote to my local MP, Lib Dem Tessa Munt, to raise concerns that the nearby opening of a state funded Steiner School […]