Science, Health and Saving Things

Beekeeping, once the lazy hobby of men and women in summer hats, has become the preserve of entomologists, epidemiologists, propagandists and technical specialists. It has also become …

Seventy-five years ago, a middle-aged woman walked into a London clinic to receive help with her violent temper. She’d attacked her employer and was judged to be worthy of psychological …

On 30 September 2009, Professor David Salisbury, the Department of Health’s Director of Immunisation, sent a detailed letter to the people who were responsible for our future wellbeing …

A couple of months ago, about 80 people – some of whom knew each other and some of whom did not – gathered in a small lecture room at Nuffield College, Oxford, to hear a man give a …