When figures began to show that COVID-19 was proving to be far more dangerous for those with either type of diabetes (associated with almost 1 in 3 coronavirus deaths, according to The Guardian), as well as those carrying excess weight, the government made inroads to direct citizens towards a more slimline silhouette. Type-I diabetes, of […]Read More
When the 14-day quarantine on flights into the UK briefly came into effect in mid-June, people were looking at having to use their entire annual holiday allowance for a one-week trip abroad. As for “air bridges”, i.e. less strict rules over and/or exemption from quarantine between certain lower risk countries: it happened, but it was […]Read More
We are living in the Anthropocene age, a new geological epoch born from our direct impact on the entire system of the Earth as a whole. As far back as April, the IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) wrote that “rampant deforestation, uncontrolled expansion of agriculture, intensive farming, mining and infrastructure development, […]Read More
Set the alarm, make a note in your diaries, and circle the date on the calendar: Vevolution returns to London’s Southbank for its fourth year on 16th November, a “festival for the curious, the passionate, the bold, the compassionate, and those who want to change the world”. At least, within the parameters of a pandemic […]Read More
1 in 7 women in the UK will go on to develop breast cancer during her lifetime. The fourth most common cause of death from cancer in the UK, each year around 55,000 women are diagnosed with it. Within just the month of October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, there will be some 5,000 diagnoses. But […]Read More
With International Coffee Day happening on the first of the month, and with cafés reopened post-lockdown for a comforting taste of the old barista trade, some of us might once again be at that dithering point when at the front of the queue and our brains suddenly think, “Which ‘milk’ do I ask for?” Milk […]Read More
Back in April, the BBC reported that the coronavirus lockdown measures had negatively impacted the dairy industry. Supply chain issues meant dairy farmers were having to literally throw thousands of litres of milk down the drain. Commercially, a nightmare; ethically, rather reprehensible. As we wrote in our first issue, 22 litres per day are expected […]Read More
Puberty is starting earlier and earlier – whether because of environmental factors or dietary or both, no-one is certain (but perhaps we have a suspicious inkling…). Nonetheless, when it comes specifically to female puberty starting earlier, this is quite something to have to deal with – both on an individual, personal level and given its […]Read More
“Wet markets can be ‘timebombs’ for epidemics.” (Professor Cunningham, the Zoological Society of London) When one considers environmentalism, there lately seems to have evolved a twofold message. Firstly, that plant-based living is the way forward. The 2020 coronavirus led to a greater demand for non-animal sourced foodstuffs in China, where COVID-19 is thought to have […]Read More
“Everybody knows that pestilences have a way of recurring in the world; yet somehow we find it hard to believe in ones that crash down on our heads from a blue sky… A pestilence isn’t a thing made to man’s measure; therefore we tell ourselves that pestilence is a mere bogy of the mind, a […]Read More
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