Muscular strength and good physical fitness could almost halve the risk of cancer patients dying from their disease, according to a study that suggests tailored exercise plans may increase survival. The likelihood of people dying from their cancer has decreased significantly in recent decades owing to greater awareness of symptoms, and better access to treatment…
Forever favourite chopped salad (Picture above) This is one of my most regularly made recipes. The key to its greatness is chopping everything quite small, so you get a little bit of everything in every mouthful. It’s fresh and full of flavour, and filling while also being light, making it the perfect weekday lunch or…
Few among us do not have a tale of a stolen bike: you leave work with your helmet fastened or come out of a shop after picking up some milk, and your bike has disappeared. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. Tens…
America does not just have a new president. It also has a new king of pop art: Andres Serrano. It was Serrano who foresaw that Trump would prove to be an American phenomenon of a totally new kind. In 2016, when I interviewed the creator of the notorious work Piss Christ, Trump was running for…
I’d always known something was wrong with my legs. When I was a teenager, my best friend and I shared her full-sized bed – she would wake me up, giggling: “Lying next to you is like trying to sleep through an earthquake!” Now I’m 45, and my boyfriend says the same thing. I have Restless…
My mother Irma Grant, who has died aged 94, was a milliner and tailor, teacher and administrator, homemaker and gardener. Throughout her long life she applied her ingenuity, creativity and talents to a wide range of activities. In 1939, Irma was evacuated from London to Bedford as part of Operation Pied Piper. She lived with…