Unhealthy food choices, rows with partners and short attention spans are among the most common knock-on effects of a bad night’s sleep, according to a study. Researchers polled 2,000 UK adults to explore the impact of a terrible night’s sleep – with other outcomes including feeling more emotional, clumsiness and oversleeping. Incredibly, those polled have 90 ‘bad sleeps’ every year on average – almost a quarter of our yearly slumber. As a direct result, 171 questionable decisions or lapses of...
Sleep is a part of life that’s so important for everyone, but when it comes to children, quality sleep is vital to their development and mental and physical wellbeing. According to experts, kids need around 9-13 hours of sleep each night depending on their age. This is an easy enough figure to achieve for some, but for children with a sleep disorder, getting an adequate amount of sleep becomes more tricky. If you think your child may have a sleep...
AN INTERNATIONAL charity is launching a new awareness campaign celebrating the remarkable ways music can improve our lives and change our approach to people in care. Music as Therapy International is an award-winning charity with over 20 years experience bringing music into the lives of vulnerable people in the UK and around the world. They believe passionately in the power of music to make the most of people’s potential, overcoming obstacles such as disability, trauma and mental illness. The UK-registered...
This is the hilarious moment a seal is snapped rolling around on a beach after finding something really funny. Photographer Sue Reynolds, 53, took the perfectly-timed image of the amused grey seal lifting his flipper to his face as he burst into laughter. He looks as if he'd been told a joke by one of the dozens of seals which surrounded him on the sand at Horsey Beach, Norfolk. Sue said: "I was there picturing the seals but this one...
A shattered new mum was forced to sit in a hard chair for five hours immediately after giving birth - following 96 hours of no sleep. Saralee Jack, 31, spent four days wide awake struggling with contraction pains before giving birth to little Tommy Davies on 13 January. During the ordeal the full-time mum suffered days of immense pain while waiting for bed until midnight. The diabetic says she was also not given food and relied on the grandmother of...
As my regular readers will know – are there any of you out there? – my father died late last year. I wrote about it here briefly, reflecting on his absence. That was in the very early days after his death, and I was still adjusting to the new normal. Now, I have no desire to become a professional grief merchant, or seeker after sympathy; Dad was nearly 70, and had lived a pretty good life. Even back then, though,...
By Tim Woodbridge, author of The Choice. Stourhead in Wiltshire is known internationally for its neoclassical gardens, 18th-Century architecture and breathtaking Great Lake. Until now, historians believed that what we see today was envisaged at the outset by a wealthy English banker as a lasting legacy for his beloved son. But a far darker, more dramatic version of events could be closer to the truth. Here, the author and Stourhead researcher Tim Woodbridge reveals the hidden secrets behind one of...
In the workplace, it is very important to make your presence known as a woman fortunately, one of the easiest ways to get that done is through earing the right set of clothes. We’ll like to help women dress well and appropriately for the office, so pay attention to the following: A perfectly tailored skirt Honestly, it doesn’t really matter if you will like to pair this with a plain T-shirt, a sleek blouse, Adidas shoes, or a pair of...
Happiness is an extra £508 a month say Brits, a study has found. A poll of 2,000 adults revealed money really can buy you happiness - but in contrary to common belief we don't need millions to put a smile on our faces. More than three quarters of those who took part said they would be happier if they had more money to splurge on a holiday abroad, weekends away or day trip with the family. The research also found...
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