DFID (Department for International Development) is the part of the UK government that manages Britain's aid to poor countries and works to get rid of extreme poverty. As well as headquarters in London and East Kilbride, near Glasgow, DFID has offices in around 40 developing countries and…

Gordon Wrigley asked me to write the third edition of Coconuts for Longman in 1986, Reg Child, and later his wife Frances, very generously lent me the notes and reference material of his first two editions and the Librarians at Reading University and the Radcliffe Science Library kindly gave me…

The way that research is communicated around the world is changing rapidly, opening up access for more people to more research than has been possible before. This brings challenges and exciting opportunities for authors, investigators and others in the research process.   The Centre for Research…