I’m fed up with home delivery for things I’ve bought online – why can’t it be more like buying a pizza. Time for a bit of a moan, methinks. Here’s how my local pizza shop works – I phone them up, they tell me how long until they can deliver it, then they deliver it. [...]

I’ve been struggling to understand the A-level results, a provisional summary of which is published by the Joint Council of Qualifications. Naturally, it’s published in PDF format which is a very useful way of publishing data tables… That aside, I can’t see how from the data presented one can conclude that the results represent a [...]

There’s been talk recently about the BBC’s problems with integrity – I heard one chap say that the current crop of BBC journalists are the best-trained they’ve ever been. But, their science and health coverage continues to be shamefully poor. Lets take today’s headline story – Alcohol link to bowel cancer risk. Now, if you’d [...]

More than 400 people will die this year because they need organ transplants. Shame on you if you’re reading this blog and have not registered your intention to donate organs after your death on the NHS Organ Donor Register. It’s the least you can do, and I can’t see how any ethical person could object [...]

It took me just 30 seconds to register on the NHS organ donor register. You should do it now. I’m pretty ashamed that I haven’t done this before.