This is one of those keep-you-awake-at-night thoughts. We are all waiting anxiously for the announcement of a vaccine or a treatment drug...

The picture at the top of this blog entry may not look like much to you, but to all of us it is a breakthrough. Yesterday 2 June restaura...

I've just finished watching Edouard Philippe, the engaging French Prime Minister, and an array of lesser mortals, tell us what is in stor...

It’s often said that if you want something done, ask a busy person. I’ve had an example of this in the last couple of days. If you've rea...

This is real science, folks, not fake. I'm going to use my two years studying statistics at Sydney University to show that here in France...

I don't know about you, but in the strange world of coronavirus lockdown my friends are taking a break from playing Solitaire and old Bea...

It's only fair to say that Covid-19 hasn’t inconvenienced us all that much, now that we are back in France. We are in lockdown, of course...

In the midst of all the horrors of the Covid-19 pandemic, there are occasional glimpses of light. Who could fail to be moved by the Itali...

There are few things in life more guaranteed to disappoint than going back to a fond childhood memory. So I took a mighty risk going back...

The most formative event in my parents' lives was, as best I can work it out, not World War 2 but the Great Depression. Even in comparati...