The season of the dance is upon us! On 1 May, children up and down the country will be getting themselves into a terrible tangle around the maypole. Grown men and… Read more Happy feet: Why dancing is a route to wellness →
What does “wellness” mean to you? Avocado toast and sunsets on Instagram? Fitbits and mindfulness apps? Maybe it’s a silk eye-serum formulated according to the ancient art of numerology, as… Read more ‘She massaged the inside of my nostrils’: The bizarre world of modern wellness treatments →
If there’s one thing guaranteed to mess with anyone’s sense of wellbeing it’s uncertainty. And it seems to me that these are especially uncertain times. As I walked over Battersea Bridge… Read more In times of uncertainty, can we find solace in the shape of the water? →
What did you want to be when you were a child? A police officer? A doctor? A dancer? A superhero? And how did that plan work out? Are you reading… Read more You can’t ask me that: Have you left it too late to find your dream job? →
Over a few glasses of wine one evening, my friend Jenn asked all the people around the table: “If the answer is six, then what is the question?” “Six?” someone echoed.… Read more You can’t ask me that: How many lovers have you had? →
Shamima Begum was just 15 years old when she ran away from home in Bethnal Green with two school friends to join the so-called Islamic State in Syria. There she married… Read more You can’t ask me that: Can people change? →