your name contains the word ‘edible’. Behold the edible dormouse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edible_dormouse

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I read this morning that there is another death from swine flu. You can see the report here: http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0818/swineflu.html. The person was in an ‘at risk’ category, but the family do not want any other details released. Curiously, RTE uses the phrase when referring to the first person who died that “She had also been […]

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I am increasingly being asked about the swine flu.  Parents are phoning me to ask about sending their children to school in September and in general there is an increased anxiety about the disease. Rather than blogging about it, I think this video says most of what is important to say.  The video is sligtly […]

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The conference in Halifax last week is reported on the Sandwalk blog.

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I have been at a Tree of Life meeting in Halifax, Nova Scotia this week.  It is funded (indeed, my travel and accomodation and food is funded by The Leverhulme Trust). Larry Moran is blogging about the meeting on the SandWalk blog.

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