I really wish, just for once, Adam and I managed to fit into a "neutral" zone! It seems we're constantly living in a series of heady heights or down in the doldrums and this last week has been no exception.

I’m always on the look out for interesting people from British history that seem to have passed me by. In my school history lessons all the bog standard events and prominent characters were trotted out but now, some 35-40 years later, I’m far more interested in characters and events that are not well known but deserve to be. Such is the case with Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

I’ve recently come across an interesting article which shows that, thanks to research and development undertaken at Dundee University, Dr Who’s sonic screwdriver may be a thing of the present rather than of the future.