Meditative Gaming For Mental Health

Jenessa Williams explores the surprising role that video games can play in managing our mental health

Home Remedies From Around The World

These 12 folk treatments are proven to work

STING “I Make Records Out Of Love And Curiosity”

Sting returns to a place of collaborative creativity with the release of his new album Duets; even if, in almost every other way, he continues to find comfort, innocence and improvement in blissful isolation

Living With Hyperhidrosis

Hyperhidrosis is excessive sweating but carries a heavy, invisible burden—it’s not just damp patches and deodorants

YOU'VE GOT TO MOVE IT MOVE IT

We hear endlessly how good exercise is for our health, but you might be surprised to know just how good

If I Ruled The World Mark Galeotti

Dr Mark Galeotti is a scholar and writer, whose career has stretched from being attached to the British Foreign Office to teaching about organised crime in Moscow

In One Ear

This month, Olly Mann ponders the sentimentality of forgotten audios, and why he won't be throwing them out

Boy George I REMEMBER…

Boy George (59) is a British singer, songwriter, DJ and fashion designer, best known as the lead singer of the pop band Culture Club. Here, he looks back on growing up in south-east London, Band Aid and overcoming drug addiction

14 Books Helping Our Key Workers Survive

Books are valuable for so much more than simply reading, they're for sharing, escaping, learning and growing.

Books That Changed My Life

Writer Robert Thorogood is the brains behind the hit BBC series Death in Paradise. His latest novel, The Marlow Murder Club, is available now (HQ, £12.99)

READER'S DIGEST RECOMMENDED READ: Canine Companionship

An in-depth look at the long, often surprising history of one of the most enduring bonds of all

The Great Restaurant Reinvention

The past year has been turbulent for the restaurant industry but, writes Lizzie Enfield, the restaurant was born after a period of chaos and will survive this one, too

How To Paint Wooden Floorboards

Revive tired flooring with a lick of paint to give any room a quick and affordable makeover in just a few steps

Kate Moss I Remember…

Household name Kate Moss rose to fame in 1990 when her striking face caught the imaginations of fashion photographers everywhere. Countless Vogue covers and hundreds of runways later, the supermodel looks back on growing up in Croydon, being secretly shy and mastering the art of a shoot

9 Ways To Get Sleepy

Struggling to get some shut eye? You're not alone. These tips will help you to get some much-needed rest

I KNOW MY BODY

Over the past year, while the world has been combating a global health care crisis with the coronavirus pandemic, there has been a simultaneous ongoing crisis for Black women: health care discrimination

MY DOG THE WAR HERO

Before I adopted Dyngo, he spent nine months sniffing bombs and saving lives in Afghanistan. Could I help him settle back into civilian life?

Olivia Newton-John On Family, Fulfilment And Fuelling Your Own Health

Acclaimed actress and singer, Dame Olivia Newton-John, talks lockdown, finding her voice again and how alternative medicine has changed her life

COME ON IN, THE WATER'S COLD

More and more swimmers are embracing ice swimming as an actual sport. To make sense of the lunacy, writer Marty Munson dives in FROM MEN’S HEALTH

Body, Heal Thyself

Why do wounds mend more slowly as we age?

Comfort Food

A difficult diagnosis leaves the Mann family in a tough spot this month, but Olly has his coping mechanisms…

February Fiction

Both heartening and heart-breaking, our literary pick this month offers sensitive insights into childhood, chance encounters and how we can live our best lives

Don't Let Loyalty Cost You Cash

It’s a quality most of us prize in friends, but when it comes to your bills, does loyalty really pay?

Shakin' Stevens I REMEMBER…

Shaky was the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s. Still charting each year with his Christmas classic, Merry Christmas Everyone, the Welsh singer shares his memories of an incredible career…

5 Truths About Toothache

Health & Fitness

The Gift Of Giving

This month, Dr Max Pemberton recalls one of the most difficult conversations he’s ever had to have

WINTER WOES

It’s what we've always suspected—cold weather makes some conditions worse.

What's Wrong With Our Nursing Homes?

A lot actually, says a Reader’s Digest report from around Europe