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Many British readers will remember the great storm that hit England in October 1987 for the destruction and havoc it left behind it...

Or should it be: Where have all the birds gone? Or the non-human animals? Four months ago, I was walking with my dogs near my home...

There has been a lot of comment over the last few days following The Telegraph’s revelations that Puffin books have “revised” Roald Dahl...

Last month we left the UK’s Tory Party hanging from a cliff edge by its finger nails. Beneath it circled a large shark with a strange...

If you are British, and old enough to remember when trains could take you to almost anywhere in the UK on time, you may wish to stop...

In 1997 I stayed with a family in Armenia, a medium-sized city in the main coffee-growing region of Colombia.

The term ‘long Covid’ usually refers to the long-term physical impact of the disease on the health of some of those who have contracted it.

Pick up a serious newspaper in the UK today, or a political weekly magazine, and look for commentary on the Conservative Party...

Every journey has to come to an end, and when my 25-year journey in Britain came to an end, the most frequent question I was asked when...

What we excrete has interested public health experts for many years, particularly in monitoring the spread of infectious diseases...