Retirement is a chance to de-stress. It gives one the time to rethink and reorganize priorities. A shift in attention from professional image and ability to family and relationships is a good way start this new phase.
Nothing brings home the cruel distance between pre- and post-baby existence quite like a holiday. So Ickworth in Suffolk is a real eye-openerNothing brings home the cruel distance between your pre- and post-baby existence quite like holidays. Gone are those long, lazy lunches eating oysters with icy white wine at a table overlooking the sea; [...]
It’s the place where the fish is as fresh as the airMy boyfriend Alex and I are sweating our way through an after-dinner sauna on one of Sweden’s most westerly, deserted islands; part of a group known collectively as the Weather Islands (Väderöarna). We’ve been here a few hours, and we’ve already met the only permanent resident, [...]
Join Miranda Sawyer and studio guest Jay Rayner, Observer food critic, gourmand and father of two, for the first edition of The Family Podcast from the Guardian. Follow Miranda as she noses around the house …
My mother, Pamela Desorgher, who has died aged 79, was one of the UK’s earliest teachers of the Lamaze natural childbirth method, which is based around staged breathing exercises, keeping active during birth and rejecting non-essential medical intervention. Probably the last person to be teaching the original method – taught to her by Erna Wright [...]
MANAMA (Reuters Life!) – There was a time when Yousif al-Alawi could cast a line straight into the sea and fish from the roof of his old family home.
My life is going very well, but I often lie awake terrified about death and running through a checklist of all the things I haven’t done yet. How can I appreciate what I have?The dilemma I am a 28-year-old woman in a happy relationship with a caring man whom I’m planning to marry, [...]
The latest car to be unveiled at the Auto show is the Toyota FT-CH (Future Toyota Compact Hybrid). The latest model will be the smallest, lightest and cheapest model in its successful Prius family. It will be more fuel efficient than the Prius
SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) – Hotels can make or break a holiday and travel website TripAdvisor has come up with a list of their members’ favorite places to stay based on who you’re traveling with and the type of vacation you’re seeking.