Have you seen JK Rowling's The Casual Vacancy recently on TV? The character called Colin Wall (Simon McBurney) who was portrayed as a weak, over-stressed weirdo who had asthma and was always puffing on his inhaler, made my blood boil. Why is every odd character given a 'weak' condition like asthma, allergies, eczema etc. suggesting that these conditions are just a symptom of … [Read more...]