Meditate On This!

Our Claire looks into the benefits of meditation… I was delighted to see this week that lots more activities have been added to WHISC’s What’s On calendar. Amongst them is Soul Spa, 10am – 12:30pm on Tuesdays with the lovely Jan Evans....

Life Isn’t All About A-Levels

Today is the day that A-Level students get their results. Below, our Claire writes about her experience of this day back when she was a teenager… Despite this year’s pandemic, it is expected there will be more top A-Level grades than ever before. However,...

The Joys of Gardening

Our Claire talks about the joys of gardening… Unfortunately, my garden is plagued by bindweed. If you don’t know about bindweed, it is a menace! In fact, it is such a pain in the backside, I’m often prone to swearing at it! However, the need to keep...

Exercise For The Fun Of It

Earlier this week, the government revealed their new strategy to beat coronavirus and protect the NHS. It included: A ban on TV and online adverts for food high in fat, sugar and salt before 9pm End of deals like ‘buy one get one free’ on unhealthy food high in salt,...

The Positives And The Negatives

Recently, the BBC has been broadcasting the TV miniseries Mrs America. The series was gripping from beginning to end as it told the story of the battle to get equal rights for women (the Equal Rights Amendment) ratified across the USA. You might imagine that equal...

Planting Seeds

With horrific headlines such as “A bad UK winter could cause 120,000 hospital deaths linked to covid-19” and “England’s water supply could run out in 20 years, MPs warn” it’s easy to feel pessimistic about the future. However, the...