Health

Cowboy opticians and cheap spectacles (hooray)

Admin | Wednesday 28 March 2007

I could write a book about my bad experiences with opticians over the past twenty-five years.

Environmental health officer hit by ‘strong smell of mice’ at London Starbucks

Admin | Wednesday 8 November 2006

Starbucks has been fined £12,000 after one of its coffee shops was found to be infested with mice.

‘Mouse droppings were found next to spoons, knives, cups, clingfilm and boxes of biscuits and coffee that were about to be used, London’s City of Westminster magistrates heard.’

An inconvenient truth: Gay Manchester was better 20 years ago

Admin | Thursday 21 September 2006

I get tired of newspaper articles that make out that the gay ‘scene’ in Manchester used to be so seedy and bad years ago, but now it is so wonderful. It just isn’t true. Take this article from 2003 which appeared in The Manchester Evening News — a newspaper that can be relied on to … An inconvenient truth: Gay Manchester was better 20 years ago

Should soya carry a health warning?

Admin | Tuesday 25 July 2006

From The Guardian.

I’m finding it hard to keep up-to-date with what’s good and what’s bad. An article I read recently suggested it may be more healthy to eat butter rather than margarine…

Tony Blair’s assault on civil liberties

Admin | Thursday 29 June 2006

The Independent newspaper has an article (reprinted from Vanity Fair) about the way Tony Blair has eroded civil liberties and freedom in Britain and the scary way

Fireworks on the top of Beetham Tower, but does Manchester really need more city centre apartments for the rich? (VIDEO)

Admin | Wednesday 26 April 2006

At 9.15pm tonight fireworks erupted from the top of Beetham Tower in Manchester. A topping out ceremony was taking place, marking the completion of the highest point. The Tower stands 171m (561ft) and 47 storeys tall, making it the highest residential development in Europe. Read more in my blog entry (includes a photo):

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