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Clever cleaning: Cleaners on 20 easy ways to do your most hated household chores
From banishing bin juice to blitzing bathrooms, cleaning your home doesn’t have to be laborious. Here is how to keep yours sanitary without losing your sanity. Everyone likes living in a clean home but how can you take the drudgery out of scrubbing? By being smug...
Eat the rainbow! These are the foods to eat to avoid colds and flu this winter
Celebrity nutritionist Gabriela Peacock, who counts Joan Collins and Jodie Kidd among her clients, reveals the hero foods your body needs. Nutritionist to the stars, Gabriela Peacock, has revealed the immune-boosting foods to get into your diet this winter, if you...
Chilled destinations: 7 must-visit winter wonderlands around the world
From Canada to Croatia, these destinations wear the cold exceptionally well. Frozen waterfalls. Snow-dusted pine trees. Spectacular natural light shows. Some places were just meant to be viewed and visited in all their wintertime glory, with a fresh layer of powder...
The nature cure: How time outdoors transforms our memory, imagination and logic
Without engaging with natural environments, our brains cease to work well. As the new field of environmental neuroscience proves, exposure to nature isn’t a luxury - it’s a necessity. It’s a grey December day; rain gently pocks the surface of the tidal pools. There is...
The heat is on as Britain’s boom in seaside saunas stirs up some local sweat
Hot boxes are popping up on the coast, as well as beside lakes and rivers, but not everyone is happy about the trend. Seaside saunas were just a wisp of a dream until 2018. Now anyone walking along a beach at one of the UK’s main resorts is likely to come across a...
Vitamin D – are you getting enough?
Current Government guidelines advise that all of us in the UK, including children from the age of one, should be taking a daily 10 microgram dose of vitamin D from September to March. Vitamin D helps our bodies absorb and use calcium and phosphate from our diet which...
Shedding light on Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): The winter blues explained
As the days grow shorter and the world outside becomes a sea of grey, many people find themselves struggling to muster the energy and enthusiasm that the warmer months effortlessly provide. This annual phenomenon is known as Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, a...
More than 165,000 over 50s have started work in the hospitality sector in the last three years
The Government has also taken steps to make work more attractive to over-50s. The hospitality industry is often seen as the preserve of the young - but a report has revealed that the over50s now make up a third of its workforce. There are currently more than 165,000...
A moment that changed me: I had a heart attack at 37 – so I went to live in a cave
I wanted to heal and thought the Colorado wilderness was the best place to do it. So I began six months of hunting and foraging, with a pile of leaves for a bed. Two days before I had a heart attack in February 2017, I had just got back from Alaska, where I’d been...
Happy hibernation: How to help garden wildlife hunker down for winter
Gardeners can help birds, insects and frogs survive the cooler months with some simple steps, say experts. It may have been a mild autumn, but as soon as temperatures drop, wildlife garden visitors will be looking for places to hunker down for hibernation. Hedgehogs,...
In a pickle: A beginner’s guide to pickling your homegrown fruit and veg
Want to know how to make delicious pickles, chutneys and relishes by adding homegrown vegetables, fruits and herbs to the mix? “A veggie patch is the fastest path to preserving homegrown produce,” says keen gardener Jo Turner, who learned many of her skills from her...
Beds on a budget: 20 of the UK’s best hotels, pubs and B&Bs – for under £150 a night
In this extract from the new Good Hotel Guide, we choose places to stay with great cuisine, chic interiors and scenic walks from the front door. Best for food lovers Brockencote Hall, Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire You might think you’ve rolled up at a luxury...