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Telegraph Women who drink wine are actually less likely to gain weight than those who are teetotal, according to a new report.

The Scotsman the happier you are at work, the more productive you'll be. The trick is to learn how to beat those negative emotions

Guardian How to improve UK cancer survival. What the NHS must do to catch up with Europe – by the experts

Independent Blood test offers hope to cancer sufferers. DNA analysis will enable doctors to pinpoint whether treatment is working

Telegraph Women, wear your wrinkles with pride.

Independent Irish News When it comes to smoking, everyone loves a quitter.

London Evening Standard Minister Harriet Harman says the BBC needs to "wake up" to the dearth of older females on its programmes.

Times A Populus poll for The Times has found voters are deeply pessimistic about the state of Britain today.

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The Taste of Memories

Ernest Hemingway, in the Green Hills of Africa recalls how beer played a part in his adventurous life and in the book he briefly reminisces about his beer drinking in various countries. At a more modest level I have also had the good fortune to have quaffed beer and slurped cocktails in their place of origin.

Jungle Life

As we made our way down to the rocky bank of the Ramganga river, our intention was to just relax and soak in all the freshness and tranquility nature could offer us.

We had arrived on a solitary rock shrouded in cloud in the middle of the South Atlantic. The island of St. Helena.

A Sojourn to St. Helena (Part I)

Some years ago I had the pleasure of a sojourn to the island of St. Helena, a barren rock in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean. The East India Company, having been granted a charter to govern the island by Oliver Cromwell, decided in 1658 to fortify St. Helena and colonise it with planters.

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The Taste of Memories

Jungle Life

A Sojourn to St. Helena (Part II)

A Sojourn to St. Helena (Part I)

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