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Can tidying up your home really tidy up your mind?

Unless you’ve been living under a huge pile of old newspapers, empty fast food cartons and bags of your own waste, you can’t have failed to notice that one of… Read more Can tidying up your home really tidy up your mind?

Happy feet: Why dancing is a route to wellness

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

‘She massaged the inside of my nostrils’: The bizarre world of modern wellness treatments

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

In times of uncertainty, can we find solace in the shape of the water?

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?

You can’t ask me that: Have you left it too late to find your dream job?

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?

You can’t ask me that: How many lovers have you had?

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?