Catherine Bennett: A couple of reporters have been touring British fertility clinics pretending to be infertile and in search of a sperm donor who would help them create a beautiful and intelligent "perfect" baby.
Controversial childbirth expert Michel Odent now claims that 'industrialised obstetrics' could be to blame for autism and drug abuse. Joanna Moorhead reports.
David Beresford, who has Parkinson's disease, is to undergo experimental brain surgery in September. Until then he will be writing a weekly diary on these pages