I suspect most men and women out there have at some stage been on a low calorie diet in order to lose weight. I know I have without thinking twice, over the years, counted calories in any alcoholic drinks I’ve had So the article I recently read came as somewhat of a surprise!

Marks & Spencer, one our favourite department stores with a most amazing, if somewhat pricey, food hall are currently looking to fortify some of their food items with Vitamin D, also known as the sunshine vitamin due to its links with the sunlight.

Here in the UK the raspberry season is about to begin and you'll find us gardeners, for the next two or three months, entangled in bird netting and wrestling with the thorny task of harvesting … that is, if we can get to the crop before the mice