On this week in history
Every week we go back to re-visit some of the significant happenings that took place in living memory; just about, for some of us. To remind ourselves of how life has changed and how some things stay ...
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The ties that bind: Grandparents and their grandchildren
There has been much discussion recently about the changing role that grandparents have in their grandchildren’s lives. Economic pressures coupled with an increase in families where both parents work m ...
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 ...
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 ...