Author Archives: charlie
The Pursuit of Happiness
In the fourth World Happiness Report, released in March, the levels of happiness of people across the world have been rated by considering factors such as trust, healthy years of life expectancy and perceived freedom to make life choices.
Read more...Stamping out sugar
With the Chancellor’s budget announcement of a ‘sugar tax’ on drinks, and a focus on diabetes during April’s #WorldHealthDay, sugar is well and truly under attack and a mission to reduce childhood (and adult) obesity has begun. And not a moment too soon.
Read more...The Rolling Stones show
The Rolling Stones have launched their first ever exhibition of memorabilia in London, after 54 years performing together.
Read more...Crufts 2016
A white Westie called Geordie Girl has picked up the prestigious Best in Show title at this year’s Crufts.
Read more...What a Sport Relief
The countdown is on, with only two weeks to go until this year’s Sport Relief fundraiser. A spin-off from the hugely successful Comic Relief there are plenty of sport-related (and not so sport-related!) activities going on around the UK to get people involved and raising money for charity. At the centre of the event is The Sport Relief Games, which are taking place at over 1000 locations across the nation between the 18th to the 20th March.
Read more...The Oscars
The 88th Academy Awards will probably be best remembered for the controversial lack of ethnic diversity amongst the award nominees, than for the awards themselves. There were, however, a couple of surprises in an otherwise predictable list of winners.
Read more...Jumbo ride for elephants
What is it about elephants that makes us humans love them so much? I don’t think I have ever met a person who doesn’t adore these gentle giants.
Read more...Discombobulated by the bobbing heads
I am discombobulated about the rise of the now ubiquitous garden trampoline. When did this springing mania take over in the lives of our young people?
Read more...Protective of my plastic bags
Have you, like me, become extremely and almost embarrassingly protective over your plastic bags?
Read more...The wonky carrot fights back
Recently there’s been a lot of press surrounding the size, shape and appearance of various food items…
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