This is a bank holiday weekend in the UK (that's our version of a public holiday, overseas readers). These always present certain...

In many parts of the world, August is the time for summer holidays. It's also the time of traffic jams to the airport, queues at the...

People sometimes ask me why I became a Pilates teacher. (I try to see this as genuine curiosity, rather than baffled disbelief, but I...

I have to admit that I don't (like it hot, I mean) when it comes to Pilates. Maybe it's my all-too-obvious Northern European genes, but I...

When I was young, most sportspeople just practised their particular sport. Unless they were cricketers, in which case even that was...

The glorious spring weather in the UK is persuading many of us that it's summer already. It isn't. There are Bank Holidays (aka public...

If there is one thing that the current rollercoaster of global trade perfectly illustrates, it's that we all crave stability. When I...

Today is Shrove Tuesday in the UK, when Christians confess their sins, cleanse their souls and ask God for help in making changes to...

We are a twelfth of the way through the year. With the festivities a dim memory and resolutions already receding in the rear-view mirror,...

Is this a happy time of year? Well, I suspect that might depend on your perspective. If you see the new year as a clean slate and an...

Today, on the winter solstice, in London we enjoyed just 7 hours and 50 minutes of daylight. Compare that with the amount we get on 21...

Every day brings fresh reports of how AI will soon be coming for all our jobs. That's not the boring jobs like putting the caps on...

Do you start the day all scrunched up and feeling in need of a good stretch? Or are you the type that would happily stay curled up all...

This is the time of year when I reminisce about my father's tendency to use the calendar (as opposed to the thermometer) to control the...

(No, me neither until about ten minutes ago but read on and maybe we'll both learn something)   Anyone running a small...

As Madonna put it: "If we took a holiday, some time to celebrate...it would be so nice". Leaving aside my old English teacher's disdain...

As I am sure you are aware, there is an important decision to be made this coming Thursday. It is not one to be taken lightly. I don't...

Thank goodness for some proper summer weather at last! You can turn off the central heating and banish winter clothes to the back of the...

In the endless quest for novelty that is modern life, the word routine is often used negatively, implying something humdrum, dull...

With the spring equinox behind us, we can start to anticipate more daylight hours, warmer weather and maybe, just maybe, two consecutive...