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iPlayer? :) The Joy of Painting Happy little trees and soothing words. Thirty minutes of bliss as art and ASMR sensation Bob Ross illustrates perfect, peaceful painting in his own gentle, genuine style. 128 Episodes Available

Time was, investigative journalism (especially if done well) could have a major impact. Nowadays, I suspect it is a miracle if people entirely miss such programs because are not already on Netflix, Sky, or whatever - or almost immediately reach for the zapper. Nonetheless, it is right that...

I think that was what was meant by "more flexible" - and I agree that is a good and proper aim - so long as no-one gets shafted by being a volunteer.

Perhaps we'd all have been expected to go to work on our allotments? Help address the food supply issues, get fitter, increase our vitamin D levels, avoid (some) shopping, ...

You didn't see the word "potency" and mis-read that as a Viagra trial, did you? :)

That makes sense - and I agree it needs researching. It was specifically the "even produce a more potent immunity" I wondered about.

Harding. I guess £1.1K a day doesn't seem much when you are spending £22 billion. UK Test and Trace chief Dido Harding tries to convince MPs that £14m for canned mobile app was money well spent Not like every expert didn't warn it. Also: Queen of Carnage confirms consultants were paid...

Meanwhile, back in Blighty... Volunteers are being sought for a world-first Oxford trial giving a first dose of one vaccine type and a second dose of another. It will recruit 820 people over the age of 50 to receive a first dose of either the Oxford/AstraZeneca or Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Some...

The question as to whether the common cold helps in fighting Covid-19 is addressed, again, here: “We have now proven that, in some people, pre-existing T cell memory against common cold coronaviruses can cross-recognize SARS-CoV-2, down to the exact molecular structures,” Weiskopf says. “This...

Many years ago, I actually found Tom Keating's painting series quite interesting.

Not just a boat race: COVID-19: What to expect from a vaccine By Gordon Dougan Cambridge, too, has now entered the ‘race’ to develop a vaccine, using a different approach – synthetic DNA to deliver custom designed, immune selected vaccine antigens. If successful, it could begin...

If he didn't know, he is admitting ignorance of things that he absolutely should have known. If he did know, well, I really don't need to say any more... Johnson defends 'reckless' visit to vaccine plant despite Covid outbreak PM visited Valneva factory in Scotland 24 hours after 14...

I agree about Gove. But wasn't the point that Gove more or less told us we are sick of experts and inherently know best because, well, we are British! Therefore, when the government turns round and tells us that experts are to be believed, they are being deeply and cynically hypocritical.

That Harding woman should be summarily ejected. Test and trace chief Dido Harding says no one could predict new variant would emerge Dido Harding, head of NHS test and trace, is giving evidence to the Commons science committee. Here are some of the main lines from her evidence so far...

A USA perspective on the Moderna vaccine - and stretching it out: Initial supplies of COVID-19 vaccines are obviously limited, even as drugmakers ramp up production, so governments are looking for ways to stretch their stocks. For Moderna’s mRNA-1273, that could mean reducing the dosing...

Depends on what the water remembers. :-) Maybe it knows it was once in Julius Caesar's body? Maybe it was in a lizard? Or arrived from space?

From personal experience, I'll not rely on the experts. But nor would I rely on amateur commentary. The number of papers I have read which were prepared by world-class experts, passed referees, published - yet contain egregious errors, is horrific. Worse, some remain among the most quoted and...

That was only an interim objective. Having part of the population protected might result in more transmission as those who are protected feel less need to isolate themselves. If the vaccine actually reduces transmission, then it might be better now to target 100% single dose - or even 100%...

If they gave us half a dose, would that enable even more to get their first dose more quickly? (A degree of flippancy given the trial data - but nonetheless, a genuine question/thought.)

I am continually disappointed at how few Russian papers make it into PubMed (or EuroPMC). There is one particular paper I have been trying to find for years - at least the abstract did make it onto PubMed. But still not found.