Eric Avebury

Today is my 87th birthday, with thanks to the NHS and particularly King's College Hospital for keeping me upright still. As my family a...

A visit to Dr M to get her advice about the ulcer on my ankle, which has lasted since June. Her colleague had prescribed a week of antibiot...

Sal Brinton, President of the Liberal Democrats, suggests in today's Independent on Sunday, that there should be a retirement age of 75...

Last nine blood test readings 18.09 10.09 3.07 17.06 9.06 2...

Chineke will help to encourage young BME people to play classical music. This performance at the Royal Festival Hall was a sell-out to...

I was convinced that my haemoglobin had dropped, so I persuaded King's to do a blood test half way between appointments at haematology ...

Appointment with the Pain Relief Unit August 8, 2015 Lord Avebury currently complains of pain in both his knees due to osteoarthritis. The...

With grateful acknowledgements to the author, Professor Kwesi deGraft-Hanson ‘The Weeping Time’: The story of the largest slave auctio...

We have another mini-holiday coming up, two days in Richmond, a very kind present from Kina, Victoria and Lyulph. Today has been the nicest...

We had a mini-holiday on Monday and Tuesday, staying overnight at Shelley's in Lewes where we attended Die  Entführung aus dem Serail. ...

EVENT SUMMARY On Wednesday, 12 August 2015, there was a Press Conference at the House of Lords discussing political relations between...

Statement by Lord Avebury, vice-chairman of the Parliamentary Human Rights Group, on the closure of the Bahraini newspaper Al Wasat A hug...

The last two  days I haven't been able to get out of the bath by myself and had to call Lindsay on the first night and JW on the second...

Visit to the GP this morning revealed a lung infection, for which she ordered a chest X-ray. As we were due at King's for a visit to ...

Letter from consultant Dr A to GP following July 22 appointment: I was pleased to review Lord Avebury who was feeling much better since u...

Sayed Jameel Kadhim, president of Al Wefaq's consultative board, has been released after fully serving a 6 month sentence for expressi...

When prominent Bahraini opposition leader Ibrahim Sharif was released from prison last month after serving four years and three months o...