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I’m really excited about a new exhibition running at my local museum this summer. It promises to prompt joyful memories of childhood for many older people – and maybe remind them of when they first learnt about Jesus. ‘The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Artists’ aims to “uncover the story of the talented artists who...

Probably not. The reason is that nowadays, almost half of patients rarely see the same GP twice. A recent study has found that 47 per cent of adults who visited a surgery more than once in the past couple of years had never, or rarely, seen the same doctor. Responding to the findings, the Royal...

It may be irritating, but don’t worry – it does not mean that you are losing your memory. Instead, it is merely your brain forgetting them on purpose, so that it can store other information. That is the verdict of two academics whose book The Psychology of Memory, sets out to explain why we forget...

So says a new study out of North Carolina State University. It goes on to say that watching birds is even more beneficial to us than watching other forms of wildlife. The new study found that birdwatchers’ recorded ‘distress’ levels dropped by 13.7 per cent, compared to that of nature-walkers’ at 6.9 per cent. The...

Have you been wondering about an old friend with whom you have lost contact? Do you feel a bit hesitant about contacting them again? You are not alone. It seems that rekindling an old friendship can be as nerve-wracking as speaking to a stranger, according to the findings of a recent study by the University...

Hundreds of farms across the UK are preparing to open their gates to the public. Open Farm Sunday is back for its 18th year and offers the public a chance to see how farmers can produce food sustainably, while also caring for the environment and wildlife. It is organised by the glob­al sus­tain­able farm­ing char­i­ty LEAF (Link­ing...

Supporting people in trouble Lone working ‘is making millions of people ill’ Fewer babies coming Good dog! Don’t just sit there, whatever you do! 13th-20th May – Mental Health Awareness week Roads at ‘breaking point’ despite pothole repairs reaching an eight-year high ** Editor:  David Pickup, a solicitor, considers the potential pitfalls of helping others…...

Brothers and sisters, …Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfil the law of Christ. If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves. (Galatians 6 1-3) I am always interfering, in situations where I should not. Sorry, but I do. It is probably because of the job I...

The rise in lone working and the insecurity of increasing numbers of jobs are “making millions of us poorer and ill,” says a new report from Christian-based think tank, Theos. In ‘The Ties That Bind’ Theos looks at how better work can be created “by paying attention to the social dynamics – the love, even...

For the first time since the Black Death killed about 50 million people in the mid-1300s, the world’s population is going to decline. According to experts, global fertility rates have hit an historic tipping point, and seem unlikely to recover. Millions of women are simply having less children. The global population currently stands at just...

Recent scientific research has found evidence that having a dog is good for you. “Science is finally catching up with what humans have intuitively known for thousands of years.” So says Professor Emeritus Aubrey Fine of Cal Poly University, a paediatric clinical psychologist. A recent study at Konkuk University in Korea found that participants’ alpha-band...

The average adult in the UK sits for nine hours a day. Office workers probably clock up even more time in a chair. But it is not good for you.  Research has found that too much sitting increases your risk of weight gain, Type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, depression, anxiety, stress, cancer, and even early death....