How to eat a persimmon
Our fruit bowls are becoming more adventurous. Having embraced the kiwi, the mango and the pomegranate we are now, it seems, passionate about persimmons. Supermarkets including Asda reported sales of…
Cornish blue: the greatest of cheese
General de Gaulle is famously said to have remarked of France “How can you govern a country that produces 246 varieties of cheeses?” The same can probably be said of…
Homemade yoghurt: something for the live-culture vultures
Yoghurt. We get through masses of it in our house. In fact, most things I cook for my children go well with yoghurt – breakfast, lunch or dinner. There’s the…
Should I give a four-month-old baby solids?
When should babies start solids? My first child was gobbling up runny baby cereal at three months. Two decades later (my child-bearing was spread out), the rules had changed to…
Why eating more fruit and veg doesn’t always help you lose weight
Will eating more fruit and vegetables make me thin? Want to get thin? Eat more fruit and vegetables – they’re a low-calorie way of filling up, right? The health site…
Why walking is good for you
Pilates, yoga and the classic treadmill get all the attention when it comes to popular ways to stay healthy. There is, however, a more unassuming workout that might not get…
Text neck: how smartphones are damaging our spines
Are smartphones a pain in the neck? According to new research carried out by a US doctor, they are far worse – “text neck” is becoming an epidemic that could…
Vampire of the uplands
At first I thought it was a thorn from a rose. I ran my hand up the back of my calf and could feel it caught in my skin. Something…
How to cure my allergy
It was an egg biryani that started it. I had spent Easter hooked up to an intravenous drip in India – after a curry turned out to be housing a…
Eat, drink and be … healthy?
It is a bright, autumnal Tuscan morning. Woodsmoke rises poker-straight into the sky, the village church jangles the quarter-hours and green-cloaked hills wrap the horizon. I’m in the walled garden…
Trabzonspor’da ibre DAUM’ a döndü
Lucescu, Ramos ve Yanal’la anlaşamayan Trabzonspor’da Christoph Daum’un ismi gündeme geldi. Daha önce Fenerbahçe, Beşiktaş ve Bursaspor’u çalıştıran Alman hoca ile ilgili son kararı başkan Muharrem Usta verecek Trabzonspor, teknik…
Teeth problems are top reason for young children’s hospital admissions
The number one reason for primary-school-aged children being admitted to hospital is to have multiple teeth taken out, newly released figures show. The number of children aged from five to…
Süper ligde 2.yarı bugün başlıyor
Süper Lig’de ikinci yarı maçları üç haftalık aradan sonra başlıyor. Süper Lig’de 18. haftanın maç programı, haftanın hakemleri ve puan durumu haberimizde. Süper Lig’de 2. yarı maçları bu hafta başlıyor.…
Exercise is good … but it won’t help you lose weight, say doctors
Being dangerously overweight is all down to bad diet rather than a lack of exercise, according to a trio of doctors who have reopened the debate about whether food, sedentary…
Cocoa, fruit and tea can help keep heart healthy, study says
Substances found in cocoa, fruit and tea could help healthy people keep their heart and circulation in good working order as they get older, according to researchers in Germany. Healthy…
”Başkanlık değil PATRONLUK sistemi istiyor”
Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi’nde 35. Olağan Kurultay Ankara Spor Salonu’nda bugün yapılıyor. Genel Başkan Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’na karşı aday olacağını açıklayan İzmir Milletvekili Mustafa Balbay, yeterli imzayı toplayamadığı için aday olamadı KILIÇDAROĞLU…
Memory loss in old age breakthrough offers dementia hope, say researchers
Researchers may have found a way to slow down or prevent memory problems that arise in old age and which can become devastating in patients with dementia. The fresh hope…
Me and the muse: Kamasi Washington on his sources of inspiration
The saxophonist Kamasi Washington, 34, is a key figure in the Los Angeles jazz scene. As well as leading his own band, the Next Step, and collaborating with a variety…
‘Philthy Animal’ Taylor – the man who invented thrash
If you want to know how important Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor was to the development of metal, go on to YouTube. There you’ll find a clip from 2011 of “the…
Watch extracts from the Scottish Ensemble and Andersson Dance’s Goldberg Variations
Goldberg Variations – tenary patterns for insomnia is a collaboration between Glasgow-based string orchestra Scottish Ensemble and Swedish-based contemporary dance company Andersson Dance. 11 musicians and five dancers have created…
5 Gençten biri işsiz…
Ekim’de işsizlik yüzde 10,5 ile 7 ayın zirvesine çıktı. Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK), 2015 ekim ayına ilişkin işsizlik rakamlarını açıkladı. Buna göre Türkiye’de işsizlik oranı, geçen yılın ekim ayında bir…
Adele’s platinum-certified single Hello tops singles chart for third week
Adele’s record-breaking single Hello has spent three consecutive weeks at No 1 on the UK singles chart. Since its release on 23 October, Hello has become thefastest-selling single in the…
Rachel Platten tops the UK singles chart for the first time
Singer-songwriter Rachel Platten has scored her first ever UK No 1, topping the official singles chart with the track Fight Song. The power ballad first entered the top 100 at…
Rolling Stones to enter the studio this year, says Ronnie Wood
The Rolling Stones are to enter the studio before the year is out to begin work on their next album, according to guitarist Ronnie Wood. Keith Richards has been suggesting…
Julia Holter review – magical mystery tour of classical, pop, jazz and all between
It’s not unusual for a singer-songwriter who performs under their own name, as Julia Holter does, to introduce the musicians in their backing band towards the end of a live…
Amy Winehouse, my sister and addiction
Iremember where I was the day that Amy Winehouse died. I had run into a shop in Soho to buy a birthday present, when I heard an exchange between the…
Alicia Keys laments ‘heartless’ justice system in reform pitch to Congress
From time to time, celebrities visit Washington to join advocates in favor of a cause – often raising the profile of an issue by giving extra weight to an otherwise…
Lady Gaga hit on head by pole at Auckland concert
Lady Gaga has been struck on the head by a pole while performing a concert in New Zealand. The singer was hit on Sunday during the third of three shows…
U2 review – primal scream therapy delivered from an arena-rock stage
Few bands would regard playing six nights at the O2 as a step down. For U2, whose previous, stadium-filling 360° tour lasted two years and was the highest grossing tour…
Five signs that your blog Isn’t reaching the right audience
A blog with good information, clear writing and solid promotion does you no good if it doesn’t reach the right audience. The wrong audience for your site isn’t likely to…