Archive for the ‘health’ Category
A Scarf for Cancer
Knitting for cancer – Macmillan Cancer Support employ a “Knit-Bot” to knit your submissions onto a scarf aimed to convince the government to help with fuel poverty.
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Tags: cancer, charity, macmillan, poverty
When a crime is committed there is a lot of focus on the criminal. There is the hunt for the perpetrator, the stuff of newspaper headlines and countless TV dramas, and then comes the trial and punishment for the criminal. In all of this it is easy to overlook the impacts of whatever the crime was on victims.
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Judging by the people I pass on a weekly basis about half of those who run or jog do so whilst listening to music. Personally I could bear to run for an hour and a half without any kind of distraction at all, I find that time drags unless I have some music on. I [...]
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Tags: health, jogging, marathon, music, running, sport
Should we be allowed to nap at work? Did you know that it is National Siesta Day today? Finally we all have an excuse for falling asleep at our desks (as if the crushing monotony wasn’t a good enough excuse). A 10-20 minute power nap has been proven to increase productivity by 30%. The only [...]
Filed under: Britain, business, health, Uncategorized, work | 2 Comments
Tags: business, employment, jobs, naps, siesta, sleeping
Idiot of the week: Giles Coren
Idiot of the week: Giles Coren *for Giles’s latest controversy read my latest post about his email rant to The Times newspaper* Finding an idiot on the internet is never hard work. This weeks idiot is Giles Coren was probably acting up for the publicity but I couldn’t resist. I shouldn’t really encourage such blatant [...]
Filed under: food, health, idiot of the week, rant | 13 Comments
Tags: breakfast, british food, food, food critic, fry up, Giles Coren, idiotoftheweek
