How music helps connect people living with dementia
A new campaign aims to show how listening and playing music can help patients be happier, healthier and more harmonious…
Read More...Let’s take this outside
From litter picking to considering the cosmos, teachers have been telling us what learning beyond the classroom looks like for their students…
Read More...In need of a Christmassy day out? You need to make a day trip to Waddesdon Manor
I had been fantasising about hopping over to Bavaria and seeing all the castles on the Romantic Road and Christmas markets in medieval villages in the snow. But if like me you’re a little bit broke due to fatal combination of an unfortunate online shopping habit and moving into an unfurnished flat, there is a more affordable way to get your fairy tale Christmas kick a little closer to home. Go check out Waddesdon Manor.
Read More...Let’s stay connected
As pupils hit their teens parental engagement in their education can often start to drop off – so we asked schools what they do to keep their family on board…
Read More...What you need to know about equestrian art, and 7 works that will make your jaw drop
There’s no denying that horses are beautiful creatures, that is partly why equestrians are crazy about them, and why horses have been a popular subject of artwork for centuries. So if you’re looking to indulge your passion for horses through a more creative channel, treat someone who is mad about horses, or are perhaps looking for an equestrian-related investment that doesn’t require feeding, buying a statement piece of horse art could be for you…
Read More...Confessions of an ageing shopaholic
Many things have changed as I have gotten closer to the grand old age of 30 – the speed of my metabolism, my ability to hold my drink, and apparently, my shopping habits.
Read More...World Mental Health Day: Is Oxbridge right for you?
It seems fitting to me that World Mental Health Day coincides with the first couple of weeks of the Oxbridge Michaelmas term. It’s the start of a new academic year, with bright eyed, busy-tailed freshers flooding the tradition-filled streets and buildings of those academically-hallowed buildings, and I can guarantee they are already struggling, physically from hangover, and mentally from being in a hormonal and intellectual hot house.
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