Bang go the sausages - photo of sausages

Bang go the sausages! And the burgers, beef and bacon!

Thank goodness! Finally! The ‘truth’ is out there. And the truth is… Roll on the drums… We just don’t know! But that’s

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Which music heals wounds? Photo of rat wearing headphones

Which music heals wounds?

Do NOT do this to me! Music is good for the heart, or so an experiment on mice would seem to suggest.

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I must go to the gym - photo of sleeping puppy

I must go to the gym…

It would be nice to think that we had the time, energy and inclination to enjoy rigorous exercise every day – but

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How much exercise do you do? Picture of chart

How much exercise do you do?

I asked my readers how much exercise they do, and here are the results. Interestingly, there isn’t a single bit of research

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Exercise better than sleep for weight loss. Photo of cycle race

Exercise better than sleep for weight loss?

  Today, this day in June, in the sunshine and the rain, my husband Nige is muscling his way round the Blenheim

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It's so funny - how we don't talk any more. Photo of texting on train

It’s so funny – how we don’t talk any more

So I get on my train, grateful for a seat at rush hour out of London, and can’t help noticing what’s going

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