I was surprised to learn from a recent newspaper article (‘Leeds’ drunken Otley run goes from high spirits to public menace’ Robyn Vinter, ‘The Observer’ 21st August) that people travel from as far as London to partake in what has become the notorious ‘Otley Run’ pub crawl in the suburb of Headingley, Leeds . But I should point out that (cricket aside) there are good reasons to visit Headingley other than to vomit from pub to pub dressed as Mario or Bananaman, such as to discover its little known but crucial role in the unravelling of the chemistry of both insulin and DNA, the genetic molecule…
