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Burnham's new report on livestock is 'half-baked' 

WHEN Government ministers jet off to Copenhagen for the world climate summit, they'll be taking with them a bargaining chip that could do...

Dedicated orthopedic trauma theatres: effect on morbidity and mortality in a single trauma centre 

Background: A general trend in orthopedic traumatology is the advent of daily, dedicated orthopedic trauma theatres. Availability of trauma...

Ritual Medical Lore of Sephardic Women: Sweetening the Spirits, Healing the Sick - Book Review 

Isaac Jack Levy and Rosemary Levy Zumwalt. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 2002. 260 pp. Illus. $34.95 (hbk). ISBN 0-252-02697-7...

DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO KILL MAGPIES? They're savage predators who slaughter songbirds but… 

Byline: GRAHAM HARVEY

AS A BOY, I had a healthy respect for magpies. If I saw one on its own, I'd never dream of passing by without...

AIN'T IT A-MAY-ZING! It's when nature flaunts herself in all her life-enhancing, brazen sensuality. No wonder we all love the month of May … 

Byline: GRAHAM HARVEY

SOMETHING very odd always happens to me at this time of year. Though I'm old enough to know better, I'm...

Brilliant! At last, a winter to warm our hearts…and kill off those germs 

Byline: GRAHAM HARVEY

THE moment I woke up, I knew the world had changed. Even from beneath the duvet I could sense a chill in the...

WHITE GODDESS Its ghostlike glow has bewitched the countryside all week. So what IS the secret of the Harvest Moon? 

Byline: GRAHAM HARVEY

SHOULD I want to know the date of the full moon, I don't need to check it in the diary. I seem to know it...

At last, a proper British summer! 

Byline: GRAHAM HARVEY

HOW comforting that in these days of global communications and 24-hour shopping, some things remain obdurately...

HELLO SUNSHINE; Or why we all felt so wonderful yesterday 

Byline: GRAHAM HARVEY

HONESTLY, I find it hard to understand the desire to do nothing when the sun shines. It seems to happen every...

Murder Of Our Meadows; Once They Were Everywhere, Teeming With Thousands Of Flowers And Butterflies. Now They Are Almost Gone ? And It May Be To Late To Save Them 

Byline: GRAHAM HARVEY

WHEN I was about 11, I saw my first flower meadow. It lay half-hidden behind a tall, straggling hedge, barely...