I’ve got Angela’s homespun remedies licked

Anti-sceptic: Angela Rippon isn’t afraid to test out her own unusual home remedies

Three cheers for Angela Rippon, who this week recommended “cobwebs and honey” as a homespun remedy for common or garden cuts and scratches.

It sounds bonkers, but instead of dusting down the ducking stool and accusing the 72-year-old presenter of being a witch, I think we ought to applaud her fabulous ingenuity.

I have no idea whether her cure is effective or not because I certainly won’t be trying it. Nothing to do with squeamishness or prissy health and safety but because I swear by my own equally idiosyncratic triage: a liberal coating of dog saliva.

Whenever I have a cut I wait for a dog to lick it better. Not just any dog – that would be weird; one of the family terriers, who are always mustardkeen to get stuck in.

I dimly recall being told there’s something antiseptic in canine saliva; there’s definitely something anti-sceptic because it really does work.

So Angela, I endorse your enthusiasm for natural remedies and I wish you a lifetime’s supply of honey and webs, which sounds like a delicious limited edition of Scruff gin on The Archers.

But if you ever run out, feel free to pop round and borrow one of my pets; they’ve really got minor healthcare licked.