LIFESTYLE

Let’s go out and play!

Let’s go out and play!

Taking up exercise in your 60s will still help stave off major ill health and dementia, research suggests. The study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine followed 3,500 healthy people at or aroun ...
What do you know about beekeeping?

What do you know about beekeeping?

Beekeeping is an ancient practice. Once they mastered fire, cavemen robbed bee trees with smoke, trading a few stings for the golden sweetness. Then some bright fellow discovered how to persuade honey ...
Art among the Artemisias

Art among the Artemisias

It just used to be just gnomes that adorned gardens and the occasional statue in the grounds of a stately home but now it seems garden art and ornaments are growing as prolifically as ornamental shrub ...
Desert Island Discs

Desert Island Discs

I have been an avid listener of Desert Island Discs over the years and in May 2011 when listeners were asked to submit their own choice I spent hours mulling over my top 8 pieces of music.  I thought ...