- Written by Robert McCaffrey Editorial Director, Global Gypsum Magazine
Earlier this summer, the UK saw the demise of one of its favourite people: Dr Michael Mosley. You may not know him, but he was a popular TV and radio doctor, who had been broadcasting for nearly 20 years. He had an appealing down-to-earth manner, and seemed to give a lot of good advice. He was not averse to experimenting on himself, having been injected with snake venom and been infected with parasitic tapeworms, in order to gauge their effects on his physiology. In fact, after working around the edges of media for years, he was brought to a wider public on a TV show after he had received a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes, whereupon he decided to find out if he could ‘diet’ his way back to health. He undertook an intermittent fasting regime (severely reducing calorific intake for two days each week), and at the end of the programme he had lost 9kg and his diabetes was in remission, after the fat had ‘drained out of his pancreas and liver.’ He wrote a number of books about weight loss (although not everyone agreed with his conclusions), and had recently become even better known through a series on TV and radio called ‘Just one thing,’1 about how simple changes can transform your life.
- Written by Peter Edwards Editor, Global Gypsum Magazine
The city of Zermatt, Switzerland, has no cars. Difficult to reach, locals and visitors must park in the next town across and take an Alpine train to get there. Post, deliveries, police and taxis are all milkfloat-style electric vans. Walking, cycling and, in the winter months, skiing are commonplace, while private vehicles are not allowed. Indeed, anyone wanting to use a milkfloat van for their own business must make their case to the city authorities. The result is an eerily quiet oasis in the Swiss Alps, without the constant rumble of traffic.
- Written by Jacob Winskell Assistant Editor, Global Gypsum Magazine
Born in Scotland in 1820, Charles Mitchell came to the industrial city of Newcastle at the age of 22. He brought ability and ambition, which he turned to the business of shipbuilding.
- Written by Peter Edwards Editor, Global Gypsum
Have you ever wondered how we ended up with so much... stuff? While many people that have contributed to this, one man arguably had the biggest impact of all on what the world buys - and why...
- Written by Robert McCaffrey Editorial Director, Global Gypsum
Have you ever found yourself sitting out under the stars, gazing up and wondering ‘What is life?’? Well, Paul Nurse, a Nobel Prize winner, has thought about it pretty deeply, and has written a book called just that. I thought it might be useful to report back on his conclusions.
