Bike Week 2020 will be online from 6 to 14 June 2020. During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Cycling UK have realised that helping people to come together to ride may not be possible, so they are holding a series of fun Bike Week 2020 events online this June. Cycling remains a great way to keep fit […]
Indoor cycling is a group exercise activity which can really help improve aerobic fitness at any level. Many visitors to Champneys Tring have a go at an indoor cycling class, even if their level of fitness is quite low. Although all participants follow the same pre-programmed profile, so everyone sprints at the same time and […]
Negotiating your way around the bedroom when you have diabetes from Diabetes UK […]
Rebecca Wallersteiner takes a look at ‘On time: Finding your pace in a world addicted to fast’, by writer Catherine Blyth, looking at why time has sped up and why there is never enough. He who best discerns the worth of time is most distressed whenever time is lost. – Dante, from his Divine Comedy, (c. […]
With the death of Sir Roger Moore, STARS (Syncope Trust – sister charity to the Arrhythmia Alliance) has lost one of its most loyal and longstanding supporters. We will miss him very much and have dedicated this year’s World Heart Rhythm Week (5-11 June) to his memory. Sir Roger first became a Patron of STARS […]
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Twins have been of interest to scholars since early civilization; my twin sister and I would have definitely made an impression. Unwittingly, and perhaps unwisely, my twin and I shared absolutely identical lives until the age of 21. We may have left the shared womb at birth but our lives remained indistinguishable and interchangeable until […]
Rebecca Wallersteiner takes a closer look at the tranquil ‘The Seedlip Garden’ by Dr Catherine MacDonald – a celebration of Modern and Apothecary – a Gold Medal Winner at The Chelsea Flower Show 2017 Let food be thy medicine and medicine by thy food – Hippocrates Designed by green-fingered Dr Catherine MacDonald, who returned for […]
Rebecca Wallersteiner takes a look at ‘Fully Connected’, Professor Julia Hobsbawm’s new book on how to stay sane in an Age of Overload. “Twenty-five years after the arrival of the Internet we are drowning in data and deadlines. Humans and machines are in fully connected overdrive – and starting to become entwined as never before. […]
Danielle Collins has developed a range of Face Yoga techniques to help smooth wrinkles and lines. To help smile creases around the eyes: Circle the Eyes Massage First place your middle fingers at the beginning of your eyebrows. Start to gently tap around your eyes following the top of your eyebrow and then continue under […]
Summer holidays are just around the corner and preparation is key when it comes to first aid on holiday. Accidents and illnesses are often more difficult to deal with when you’re not in your home environment, so it’s important to take a few basic precautions to make sure you’re able to help should things go […]