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It’s Spring, and time to venture outside – to take a really good look at your house. How has it survived the winter? A spokesman for the National Home Improvement Council says: “For most of us, our homes are our biggest single investment. We need to look after them well.” There are a number of...

The botanical name for the cocoa bean is Theobroma – which means ‘food of the gods.’  Millions of us obviously agree – half a million tons of it are consumed in Britain each year alone. Chocolate makes us feel better. The chemicals it contains trigger the release of endorphins similar to those we naturally produce...

Prep. Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 1 day Ingredients: 110 grams of pecan nuts 5 grams vinegar 3 egg whites 1 pinch salt 200 grams sugar large plastic bag wooden spoon tape Bible Instructions: Preheat oven to 150C Place pecans in the plastic bag and let the children beat them with the wooden spoon to...

This quick and easy cake is a favourite in many families. Ingredients: 3 Mars bars; 150g butter;150g rice crispies; 150g chocolate  Method:  In a pan, slowly melt the Mars bars and butter together. Remove from the heat and add the rice crispies, a little at a time, until they are covered with the mixture. Spread...

Let’s clap for mothers! The rites of growing up Stress and depression for home-schooling parents An easy way for fathers to feel closer to their children Movement over mind? Your daily walk should be a sacred ritual Apocalyptic films more popular How to stop stress getting the better of you. What can your readers share...

As Mother’s Day approaches, let’s hear it for all the mothers who have been on the frontline of helping our country survive the Covid pandemic! Just as we’ve clapped on our doorsteps for the NHS and other heroes, let’s applaud all that mothers have done – often balancing home and employment – during these long...

Now every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. And when He was twelve years old, they went up as usual… When the festival was ended …the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem …After three days they found Him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them...

Parents are under enormous pressure just now, as they seek to juggle the demands of work, home-schooling, and of meeting their children’s emotional needs. A recent Oxford University study has found that parents of primary school-aged children between 5 and 10 years old are suffering high levels of stress because they are concerned about their...

When fathers work with their children on puzzles, it helps them grow closer, because their brains ‘synchronise’. This leads them to being more ‘psychologically in tune’ with each other. A study at the University of Essex said that “the synchronising of brain activity is interesting, because we knew it happened between mothers and children, but...

Exercise can be just as effective as mindfulness when it comes to reducing your stress and anxiety.  Such is the conclusion of a recent study at Cambridge University. Mindfulness is a form of meditation which involves focussing your thoughts and sensations, and it has become popular in recent years.  But now Cambridge University experts say...

Under lockdown, millions of us who rarely walked around our immediate locality are now well acquainted with every nearby driveway, every crack in the pavement, and every pothole in the road. We have developed views on our neighbours’ gardens, on their oddly coloured garage doors, and on their dogs, children and cars. If we go...

You’d think that the real-life pandemic would be frightening enough, but instead apocalyptic films on streaming services have soared in popularity this past year. And it seems that people who enjoy movies about zombies, alien invasions and apocalyptic pandemics may even be coping better than most of us. A recent study published in the journal...