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Review of ‘The End of Innocence: Britain in the Time of AIDS’ by Simon Garfield

11/02/2022 nsford Leave a comment

A very important, powerful and detailed account of the early years of the AIDS epidemic, with a focus on how…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, health, non-fiction, reviews, Simon Garfield

Review of ‘Hooked: How Processed Food Became Addictive’ by Michael Moss

06/09/2021 nsford 10 Comments

Ice cream, fries, pizza, chocolate bars, potato crisps, burgers, biscuits, cereals, soft drinks… If you have access to processed food,…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, health, Michael Moss, non-fiction, reviews, science

Review of ‘Defeating the Ministers of Death’ by David Isaacs

15/06/2019 nsford 4 Comments

Vaccination has saved millions, possibly billions, of lives. This fascinating book by Professor David Isaacs, a consultant paediatrician, tells the…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, David Isaacs, health, history, medicine, non-fiction, reviews, science

Review of ‘Critical’ by Matt Morgan

15/05/2019 nsford 14 Comments

Intensive care. Critically ill patients are on the edge between life and death. They’ve been in an accident, or have…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, health, Matt Morgan, medicine, memoir, non-fiction, reviews, science

Review of ‘Eat, Drink, Run’ by Bryony Gordon

01/04/2019 nsford 7 Comments

Bryony Gordon ran the London Marathon. A confirmed party animal and lover of burgers, she started to run when she…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Bryony Gordon, health, memoir, non-fiction, reviews

How to save a life: 6 new things I learned about first aid

13/12/2018 nsford 13 Comments

I recently went on a three day First Aid at Work course. It was intense and often uncomfortable but I…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: first aid, health, learning, writing

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