In her article this month Lucy Madden ponders the number of rules & regulations in our lives and how our constant quest for cleanliness may actually be to our detriment
We now lead such sterilised lives that we depend on antibiotics to cure the least ailment; in the past immune systems were built up by exposure to germs.
That this is no longer the case has massive ramifications for our health services according to Madden, extending into every area of our lives and not least in hospitality.
Have we become un-necessarily obsessed with cleanliness?