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Smoking is on the decline. The number of people who successfully quit smoking last year was the highest in a decade, Action on Smoking and Health (Ash) reckons that more than a million people in the UK stopped smoking during the lockdown period. By the end of last year, smoking prevalence in England was at...

What’s in your front garden? If it is sparse, why not consider adding some plants this year?  Apparently, the presence of greenery can lower your stress levels as much as two months of mindfulness sessions. Plants can also help you to feel happier. A recent trial study by the Royal Horticultural Society found that people...

If you spend half an hour a day tidying the house, going up and down your stairs, and doing household chores, you are reducing the risk of an early death. So says recent guidance from the World Health Organisation, as it urges people to maintain regular moderate exercise on a daily basis, of up to...

Have you noticed that it is getting harder to park your car? And that when you finally do get parked, you can barely get the door open enough to squeeze out? It is not your fault.  Modern cars have grown so big that many drivers now have as little as 21cm of room to spare...

As men take on more domestic household chores, here may be a surprise result: more women are tackling the family allotment, and often taking the children along to help out. Nationally, half of all allotment holders are now women. This is up from two per cent in 1973, and 20 per cent in 2003. It...

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In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world… And everyone went to their own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David.  (Luke 2 1-4) What a year we have had!...

In October I wrote about my addiction to cars. But how about the addiction to a busy life? Until a few years ago I ran a couple of imprints at a well-known publishing company, and feared I was slacking if I didn’t receive a hundred emails a day. I regularly attended events such as the...

Q1.   Job applications from weirdos and misfits were invited from people to work at which place in London? Q2.   Which famous actor who died this year is associated with the phrase “I am Spartacus?” Q3.   In February the Church of England advised against the practice of ‘intinction’ – what is it? Q4....

A1.   Job applications from weirdos and misfits were invited from people to work at 10 Downing Street. A2.   Kirk Douglas was the famous actor who died this year and is associated with the phrase “I am Spartacus”. A3.   In February the Church of England advised against the practice of ‘intinction’ – which...

Change your expectations this Christmas. Don’t waste time lamenting what should have been. Instead, try and enjoy whatever is possible this year.  Make a list. Include sending cards, buying presents and organising food for the big day. Having a lists helps keep you in control of your life. Set a reduced budget this year. With...

Here is a challenge:  why not spend some time learning the words to traditional carols this year? Polls have found that too many of us know the title of a carol and the tune and the opening line or so, but then we have to make it up. This year you probably have more time...