In recent months, a realisation of the link between obesity, its co-morbidities, and poor Covid-19 outcomes, has sparked a renewed interest in tackling Britain’s obesity crisis. Reducing obesity levels is not only vital as we seek to minimise the impact of future waves of the pandemic, but it should also be considered a critical element of the prime minister’s “levelling up” agenda. Of course, obesity is frequently an outcome of poor life chances – but it can also perpetuate them. The...

We prove that every locally Hamiltonian graph with n vertices and possibly with multiple edges has at least 3n−6 edges with equality if and only if it triangulates the sphere. As a consequence, every edge-maximal embedding of a graph G on some 2-dimensional surface Σ (not necessarily compact) has at least 3n−6 edges with equality if and only if G also triangulates the sphere. If, in addition, G is simple, then for each vertex v, the cyclic ordering of the edges around v on Σ is the same as...

The Causes, Symptoms and Treatment of Spiritual Injuries Suffered by Australian the ADF Personnel ‘Why God did you let this happen to me?’ Research Subject 208-200419 was a 20-year an Australian Defence Force (ADF) Lieutenant Colonel deployed to an operational theatre. After returning to the base location, the subject incorrectly cleared their personnel weapon (F88) and caused a negligent discharge to occur. Thankfully no one was injured in the event. After the scene was secured and the...

The lockdown continues for us, but for the wildlife nothing has changed, except for some peace and quiet from humans. The wildlife will flourish now as a result of fewer disturbances, but where we are restricted by movement they are not. In the UK, a friend of mine had a Serin flying overhead and calling, he lives in the Hereford area. Around Majorca, a group of twelve bird watchers are scanning the skies and countryside for birds as best as they can with the limited movement, and they are...

Well my fellow self-isolators, I’m hoping you are managing to stay safe and finding ways to pass the time during the restricted movements? Last week one of my suggestions was to start a garden list or seen from your home list. I know of one friend who is on garden species number sixty which was a Wryneck. There are a small group of bird watchers throughout Majorca who have a fun competition going on amongst them whereby they are looking to spot as many birds as they can both from their...