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Let Your Mind Roam, Skip Retirement, and Quit Fretting: Unexpected Strategies to Shield Your Brain from Cognitive Decline

Let Your Mind Roam, Skip Retirement, and Quit Fretting: Unexpected Strategies to Shield Your Brain from Cognitive Decline

How can thinking about brain change rather than cognitive decline alter the way we think and remember? Dr Norman Swan: There are three things you need to know which are not widely known. Think cognitive change not cognitive decline: one way people think about our cognitive function is by comparing

Panic Attack on Public Transport Unveiled a Shocking Secret That Transformed My Life

Panic Attack on Public Transport Unveiled a Shocking Secret That Transformed My Life

In 2000, the writer had been living in London for just over a decade and working at EMI Records for five years. Having moved to Brixton from Surrey in the late 1980s, they noticed a growing sense of anxiety and claustrophobia, particularly on public transport. The situation worsened, leading to

Michelin Chef Opens Overseas Eateries to Counter UK Tax Pressures

Michelin Chef Opens Overseas Eateries to Counter UK Tax Pressures

A British Michelin‑starred chef says he is opening restaurants abroad to help subsidise his UK venues amid high taxes and a troubled hospitality sector. Jason Atherton is currently in Forte dei Marmi on the Tuscan coast, where he is readying his newest venture, Maria’s, located in the Principessa

Eco-feminist Natasha Walter links climate crises to rising male violence against women

Eco-feminist Natasha Walter links climate crises to rising male violence against women

Natasha Walter is mid‑sentence about how she became politically radicalised when a young woman walks up to the café table. She tells the two middle‑aged women that they look like “the most trustworthy people here,” asking if they could mind her baby while she gets a coffee. Like

Blazing Sun, Brutal Populists: The Climate Crisis’s Impact on the Next Two Decades

Blazing Sun, Brutal Populists: The Climate Crisis’s Impact on the Next Two Decades

After a diplomatic career that took him to the conflict zones of Afghanistan, Iraq and Yemen, the last place Arthur Snell imagined he might narrowly escape death was on a vacation. A near‑miss with a tumbling boulder while climbing in the Swiss Alps forced him to confront the fragility

Ruth E. Carter says the breakthrough feels like a transformation as she creates the bold world of “Sinners.”

Ruth E. Carter says the breakthrough feels like a transformation as she creates the bold world of “Sinners.”

Ruth E. Carter’s wardrobe designs were essential in defining the two identical twins, both portrayed by Michael B. Jordan, in the multi‑Oscar‑nominated film Sinners. The hats, in particular, played a key role. Stack, one of the brothers, dons a red fedora, while Smoke wears a blue newsboy

"Life With the Biggest Monopoly Collection in the World"

"Life With the Biggest Monopoly Collection in the World"

The first Monopoly board game I owned was the familiar classic edition with the well-known character on the box. I bought it as a keepsake during a trip in my 30s. Now, twenty-five years later, my collection fills a warehouse, includes four Guinness World Records, and has landed