Health
Reader's Digest UK
EVERY SECOND COUNTS: TIPS TO WIN THE RACE AGAINST TIME
Do you want to save 1.5 seconds every day of your life? According to the dishwasher expert at the consumer organisation Choice, there’s no need to insert the dishwashing tablet into the compartment inside the door.
3 min |
Reader's Digest May 2024
Reader's Digest UK
May Fiction
An escaped slave's perspective renews Huckleberry Finn and the seconds tick down to nuclear Armageddon in Miriam Sallon’s top literary picks this month
1 min |
Reader's Digest May 2024
Reader's Digest UK
Wine Not
In a time of warning studies about alcohol consumption, Paola Westbeek looks at non-alcoholic wines, how they taste and if they pair with food
3 min |
Reader's Digest May 2024
Reader's Digest UK
Train Booking Hacks
With the cost of train travel seemingly always rising, Andy Webb gives some tips to save on ticket prices
4 min |
Reader's Digest May 2024
Reader's Digest UK
JOURNEY TO SALTEN, NORWAY, UNDER THE MIDNIGHT SUN
Here, far from the crowds, in opal clarity, from May to September, the sun knows no rest. As soon as it’s about to set, it rises again
8 min |
Reader's Digest May 2024
Reader's Digest UK
My Britain: Cheltenham
A YEAR IN CHELTENHAM sees a jazz festival, a science festival, a classical music festival and a literature festival. Few towns with 120,000 residents can boast such a huge cultural output!
6 min |
Reader's Digest May 2024
Reader's Digest UK
GET A GREEN(ER) THUMB
Whether you love digging in the dirt, planting seeds and reaping the bounty that bursts forth, or find the whole idea of gardening intimidating, this spring offers the promise of a fresh start.
6 min |
Reader's Digest May 2024
Reader's Digest UK
Under The GRANDFLUENCE Suzi Grant
After working in TV and radio as an author and nutritionist, Suzi Grant started a blog alternativeageing.net) and an Instagram account alternativeageing). She talks to Ian Chaddock about positive ageing”
3 min |
Reader's Digest May 2024
Reader's Digest UK
Sam Quek: If I Ruled The World
Sam Quek MBE is an Olympic gold medalwinning hockey player, team captain on A Question of Sport and host of podcast series Amazing Starts Here
3 min |
Reader's Digest May 2024
Reader's Digest UK
Stand Tall, Ladies
Shorter men may be having their moment, but where are the tall women?
3 min |
Reader's Digest May 2024
Reader's Digest UK
Eye Health Epidemic
What’s behind the sharp increase in short-sightedness?
3 min |
Reader's Digest May 2024
Reader's Digest UK
Happy Days
Dr Max explores an intriguing question: is the pursuit of happiness more significant than the quest for purpose?
3 min |
Reader's Digest May 2024
Reader's Digest UK
Walk Of Life
Putting one foot in front of another is simple, convenient and great for body and mind. But how do you make the most of every step?
2 min |
Reader's Digest May 2024
Reader's Digest UK
THE BITTER TRUTH ABOUT SUGAR (AND SUGAR SUBSTITUTES!)
It’s no secret that we have a serious addiction. Here’s how to cut back on the sweet stuff; once and for all
8 min |
Reader's Digest May 2024
Reader's Digest UK
Lea Salonga I REMEMBER...
Lea Salonga is musical royalty. A child star in the Philippines, she originated the title role in Miss Saigon in the West End aged 18. The role catapulted her international career and sealed her place in musical theatre history, with both Olivier and Tony Award wins. She was the first Asian actor to play both Eponine and Fantine in Les Misérables on Broadway and has voiced two Disney princesses
6 min |
Reader's Digest May 2024
Reader's Digest UK
Sean Penn "I Feel Very Alive"
The Oscar-winning actor on human resilience, humanitarian work, and his latest film, Black Flies
6 min |
Reader's Digest May 2024
Reader's Digest UK
Dances With The Daffodils
Olly Mann explains why a specific fete in Thriplow that marks the start of spring is his favourite event
3 min |
Reader's Digest May 2024
Reader's Digest UK
Culinary Grandes Dames
Paola Westbeek celebrates the women who have influenced her journey in gastronomy-from Elizabeth David and Julia Child to Nigella Lawson
3 min |
March 2024
Reader's Digest UK
My Britain: Winterton-on-Sea
WITH A BEAUTIFUL BEACH on one side and the Norfolk Broads on the other, Winterton-on-Sea is a lovely little village with a big heart.
5 min |
March 2024
Reader's Digest UK
Under The GRANDFLUENCE Prince Stash
From aristocratic, eccentric friend of Sixties rockstars to TikTok sensation
3 min |
March 2024
Reader's Digest UK
Steve Conte: If I Ruled The World
Steve Conte is a musician known for his memorable guitar work as a member of New York Dolls, as well as his collaborations with Japanese composer Yoko Kanno on the soundtracks to several hit anime series
3 min |
March 2024
Reader's Digest UK
My Great Escape: Rome, The Eternal City
Our reader Barbara Hull takes a Hollywood-inspired trip to Rome and reveals that some wishes really do come true
2 min |
March 2024
Reader's Digest UK
BOTANIC GARDENS OF THE WORLD
Tales of extraordinary plants, botanical history and scientific discovery
4 min |
March 2024
Reader's Digest UK
THIS BACON FAKERY MUST STOP
I WAS RECENTLY given bacon-flavoured dental floss for my birthday. My first question was: who the hell gives dental floss as a gift? My second question was: has bacon gone too far?
2 min |
March 2024
Reader's Digest UK
GOOD NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Meet the Crufts competitors who changed their owners' lives completely
1 min |
March 2024
Reader's Digest UK
HOME AT LAST!
A cat missing for ten years, a dog who disappeared during a wildfire, and more heartwarming true stories of pets who were lost then found
10+ min |
March 2024
Reader's Digest UK
New Love Lexicon
Do internet terms help or hinder healthy romantic relationships?
2 min |
March 2024
Reader's Digest UK
Don't Be A Bystander
The bystander effect sees people simply standing by rather than helping in case of an emergency
2 min |
March 2024
Reader's Digest UK
7 Questions About Pees
The two or more litres of urine you pass in a single day can tell you a lot about your health
2 min |
March 2024
Reader's Digest UK
This is Your Brain Dance
How dance is improving the lives of people with neurocognitive and movement disorders like Parkinson's, MS and brain injury
7 min |