Lexicologists are abundant, it would seem, judging by the response to our feature on the man who reads dictionaries for fun. We asked for your favourite words and were overwhelmed with nominations. Here we list 30 of the best.

An exhibition by the Royal College of Pathologists explores unusual food allergies and their links.

Mark Hix, chef director of the Ivy and Caprice, finds a way to bring out the best in mutton - a much maligned meat - with crayfish.

A Nobel laureate devises a new way to make the anti-flu drug Tamiflu that is simpler and quicker than the process employed right now.

A look at what's making the headlines in Saturday's newspapers.

A Bangladeshi restaurant in Wrexham gets to the final eight to find the country's best curry chef but fails to take first prize.

Scientific tests on a range of traditional remedies have shown they have "real benefits", researchers say.

Women taking the contraceptive pill may find themselves less responsive to the very smells which attract them to men, say researchers.