How to boost resident morale during COVID
Caroline Bishop Director of Nursing at Fonthill Care, shares her insight on boosting resident morale during the COVID-19 pandemic.
What measures/practices have you implemented to...
‘Zombie’ genes? Research shows some genes come to life in the brain after death
In the hours after we die, certain cells in the human brain are still active. Some cells even increase their activity and grow to...
Why our brains miss opportunities to improve through subtraction
If, as the saying goes, less is more, why do we humans overdo so much?
In a new paper featured on the cover of Nature, University...
7 ways to manage chronic pain that don’t involve painkillers
Drugs can be important in pain management – but they’re only part of the picture
Treating chronic pain can be tricky, especially when it comes...
School dinners – did you love them or hate them?
From cheese pie to tapioca pudding, school dinners were government subsidised in order to provide nutritious food to hungry post-war children.
Cooked from scratch without...
Clickety-clack – the rise and fall of the typewriter
Not so very many years ago the clickety-clack of the typewriter was a common sound in offices all over the UK but when typewriters...
The King
THE KING
We’ve seen so many singers
in many shapes and form,
But one stood out, amongst the crowd
and took the world by storm.
This boy was born...
James Lovelock: Gaia theory
James Lovelock, one of Britain’s greatest scientists, is famous for developing the Gaia hypothesis, which sees the Earth as a self-regulating system.
In his long...
Do you remember the rag-and-bone man with his horse and cart?
The rag-and-bone man, with horse and cart, was once a common sight on British streets as he collected second-hand goods from door-to-door.
These enigmatic figures...
Milestones of the Queen’s long reign
The monarch acceded to the throne on February 6 1952
As the Queen reaches 25,000 days on the throne, here are some of the events...