Quote of the day by Alexander Fleming (Image source: Wikipedia) There is an old joke among travellers that the best part of many journeys is the bit that was never in the guidebook. Ask people about memorable holidays and they rarely begin with airport schedules or hotel reservations. Instead, they talk about the small café…

In the years after the First World War, hospitals across Europe and beyond began noting something odd that didn’t quite match any familiar infection or neurological condition. Patients would arrive with what looked like a heavy flu, then slowly drift into a state that families struggled to describe. Not exactly unconscious, not fully awake either….