As a medically trained science writer and, until recently, long-term insomniac, I’ve long been fascinated by sleep — why it’s so important to our health and the best ways to get more of it.
The latest science clearly shows that good sleep is a powerful way to protect us against heart disease, diabetes, depression and even dementia, which is bad news for the estimated three quarters of all UK adults who sleep fitfully, and potentially disastrous for the one in
The Christmas party season is in full swing and your social anxiety levels have reached peak panic mode. Your diary is full, your time is stretched and you’re expected to socialise with people you neither know nor particularly like.
All those tricky how-to-behave dilemmas are weighing on your mind. What should you take for drinks with your husband’s boss that looks thoughtful but not over-the-top? How soon is too soon to exit the supper with neighbours? And how can you
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization announced today that Jens Stoltenberg, its secretary-general for the past nine years, will stay on for an almost unprecedented tenth year. Last week, after that development had already been predicted by The Times of London, the Financial Times, Politico, and who knows how many defense-industry newsletters, I met Stoltenberg in his clean, functional, almost featureless office—white walls, gray carpet—deep inside NATO’s shiny Brussels headquarters. I asked him about it.
“I have one plan,
