Short sleepers more tired than they think
People who rise and shine despite just a few hours shut-eye each night – such as Maggie Thatcher famously claimed – may be more tired than they think, suggests new research. Some – l ...
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Why not revive Nikolai Erdman’s “The Suicide”?
Robert Tanitch reviews The Suicide at The National Theatre/Lyttelton Nikolai Erdman’s classic Russian comedy is one of the great farces of the 20th century. I saw a brilliant nerve-wracking productio ...
Politicians ignoring housing for older people in their campaigns
There seems to be one big housing issue that all the political parties are ignoring in the run up to the General Election and that’s housing for older people. The main headline manifesto pledges inclu ...
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 ...