James Linen 
[ Next year will be a starry one for the small screen. Jodie Foster leads the new series of True Detective; Donald Glover writes and stars in his own version of Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie spy movie Mr and Mrs Smith and Julianne Moore plays a social-climbing mother in Sky Atlantic’s period piece Mary and George. … Read more
[ It was an accident at home that first prompted Will Spencer, a 57-year-old former chef, to ring the changes in his diet. Spencer, from Spennymoor, County Durham, had a fall, and though he recovered well, the incident highlighted other issues with his health. At the time, he weighed over 26st (165kg) and he was … Read more
[ NY Celebrations New Year traditions are different around the world. From breaking plates to ward off evil to jumping from a chair to jump into a successful year, each country has its own tradition. Here we show how AI imagines the celebration of a New Year. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Genx … Read more
[ I’m a fitness instructor and women’s health writer, but in 2023, I gave up going to the gym. Before that, I had been strength training consistently since I was 18. It had been a decade of lifting bars and dumbbells as my main form of movement, hooked on the feeling of surprise at how … Read more
[ When Fiona’s son asks if he can get a sandwich from Greggs, a jolt of anxiety hits her. She knows she has to say no once again. She’s saying mostly no these days as her mortgage rate has more than doubled in the past 18 months – increasing by 125 per cent – and … Read more
[ Pick of the day: What We Do in the Shadows 10pm, BBC Two The vampire roommates reunite one year after Nadja (Natasia Demetriou) left Staten Island with familiar Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) to join the “Vampiric council” in London, and Nandor the Relentless (Kayvan Novak) set off on a world tour, leaving Laszlo (Matt Berry) … Read more
[ Rachael*, 48, from East Sussex, tells i about a parenting fear she is finding difficult to come to terms with. I was bullied as a child in the first few years of secondary school for having a lazy eye, and all sorts of other things that made me easy to pick on. I was shy, and … Read more
[ I’m an anxious person and, until very recently, I thought anxiety was the worst thing about me. I battled for years, trying and failing to get rid of it. If you’re like me, it probably sounds impossible that you might ever think of your anxiety as an essential and valuable part of who you … Read more
[ Astrology, the celebrity astrologer Susan Miller is telling me over the phone from the Upper East Side, is not like tarot, I-ching or numerology. It’s not mere “fortune telling”. Rather, astrology is “the study of the mathematical cycles of the planets”. She is “doing math all day long”, a skill inherited from her engineer … Read more
[ The search for low-cost holidays stepped up a gear in 2023. Going all-inclusive, travelling in the shoulder season and house swapping were among the tactics many Britons used to control their budgets. Related Article This year is set to bring a similar focus on cheaper travel as living costs remain steep. On 1 January, … Read more
