Retirement causes a drastic decline in both mental and physical health according to a study released yesterday. The research paper ‘Work Longer, Live Healthier’(1) concludes…

Cutting to the quick as usual on Wednesday’s Today programme was journalist Katharine Whitehorn  ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01s0djs/Today_24_04_2013/  ).   “Whatever age you are, you need a reason to get…

  Du-te de aici! Odejdź! Pchać się! Na swoim rowerze! pe Bicicleta Yer!   Sam Marsden (Daily Telegraph 22 March 2013) ( http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9949498/Half-of-squatters-brought-to-justice-by-Scotland-Yard-are-Romanians.html ) …reports…

Deepest countryside, sunshine, a picnic – and Ferraris.   A super day out – but don’t take the dog. If you still haven’t been to a…

  Our neighbouring DJs The Old Rockers ( www.theoldrockers.co.uk ) report  “Our wedding enquiries are anabatic“.   Apparently this is DJ speak for increasing and it…

It’s probably our 32+ years of pet sitting that makes us (office staff as well as sitters) particularly alert to pet behaviour…  Sue, our secretarial…

From Emma Rowley in The Daily Telegraph 11 January 2013 ” Official figures now show that most men reach the age of 85, while the…

Thanks to The Week   ( www.theweek.co.uk/news-opinion ) for the summary of Anne Karpf’s article in The Guardian about loyalty ( www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/20/loyalty-will-be-punished ) “…I’ve come up…

“Celebrity, and in particular athlete, endorsements are big business….on average generate a 4% increase in sales…”   so reported Anita Elberse (Harvard Business School) and Jeroen…

Have you noticed how many websites do not provide a telephone number?  Some offer an explanation: “The biggest reason I keep my number off my…