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The only certainty about Britain's next general election campaign (postponed until next year) is that the argument will hinge on how the public health service is run and paid for. But the real issues are likely to be hidden in noise.
A recent UNFPA report on world population is full of errors, strongly biased and deceptive. The time has come to close down the agency and start again.
The second centenary of Michael Faraday's birth is being celebrated in Britain with great style, but in a way that inevitably provokes regret as well as pride.
