I have to share this great online exercise I found... Ready? Okay let's go. New exercise routine if you're over 40. You might want to take it easy at first, then do it fasteras you become more proficient. It may be too strenuous for some. And remember, always consult your doctor before starting any exercise program! Right, here goes: SCROLL DOWN... NOW SCROLL UP. That's enough for the first day. Great ..

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If I woke up one night to find Lara digging a big hole in the garden, I wouldn't be surprised. Before you jump to the wrong conclusion, I don't think she's plotting to kill me. Sure, she might threaten to kill me from time to time (cue last week when me and the kids took apart Matt's bike and laid it out all over the kitchen floor). But she's only kidding. Isn't she...? Anyway, I don't for a minute think she's planning to bury me in the garde ..

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You might think it's only ladies who shout 'YES! YES! YES!' when they experience a new hair product in the shower... But at 9.40 a.m. on September 10th I did exactly the same thing in a crowded cafe in Bristol. All right, not EXACTLY the same thing. I wasn't washing my hair, I was reading a paper. But when I came across the information I'm about to share with you now, I let out an embarrassing whoop... ------------------------------ The kind ..

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I'm always grateful to receive emails from readers. Sometimes they make me sad, happy AND angry, all at the same time. Sad because so many of you must cope with ailments that make a sciatic nerve problem seem like a stubbed toe. Happy because you seem to find my weekly investigations useful. And angry because the establishment still won't register many of the powerful alternative remedies you have every RIGHT to try. For example, I recently ..

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The weirdest thing happened to my friend's wife, Alison, while they were on holiday in Australia recently. She was walking down the road, minding her own business, when suddenly she had tremendous difficulty in breathing. In fact, it was painful. So painful that rather than go and have breakfast (and they really do good breakfasts over there), she went to see a doctor. At first the doctor thought it was a punctured lung. 'Did you feel your ..

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This is going to raise a few hackles. Indeed, I might find a few major supermarket chains on my case for this. So if you see a man being chased through the streets of Bristol by lawyers brandishing huge comedy hammers... that'll probably be me. But while this country still has freedom of speech, I think it's only right for me to speak about these topics. I want to tell you about how supermarkets are ruining our food... And how you can choose ..

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Here's another cruel fact of life you can add to the list, (alongside tax returns, baldness, the menopause, and toast always falling on the buttered side...) Our brains shrink as we get older. Experts reckon that the average brain shrinks 2% during each decade of adulthood. As a man in his early forties, I've lost just over 4% of my brain. By the time I'm 60, I'll have lost 8%... and if I get to 80, I'll have lost a whopping 12% of my brain. ..

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Over the last few days I seem to have become a magician... My act doesn't involve sawing a lady in half or pulling a rabbit from a hat... No no... it's far subtler than that. You see, in the blink of an eye I seem to have transferred several pounds from my wallet to my belly. All right, that was an awful gag. But really, I feel HUGE. If it wasn't roast turkey it was turkey sandwiches, turkey and chips (which is our annual Boxing Day treat) ..

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If you've been stressed with all that Christmas shopping this year... then here's something that might make you feel better. Remember I told you that story about my late grandmother waving at her own reflection in a department store mirror? Well, there's an even more bizarre story I've been saving up. I tell it only to ease the burden of your stress in the last two shopping days before Christmas... -------------------------------------- An aw ..

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I received one of those humorous roundrobin emails the other day. They're usually an instant victim of my DELETE button, but I quite liked this one's description of the difference between 1975 and now. 1975: Long hair 2005: Longing for hair 1975: Trying to look like Liz Taylor 2005: Trying NOT to look like Liz Taylor 1975: Going to a new, hip joint 2005: Receiving a new hip joint 1975: Rolling Stones 2005: Kidney Stones Indeed, in the r ..

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