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I had a happy family and a good job as a GP – but I decided to kill myself
Health
Juliette Stern, whose husband Miles Christie, a London-based GP, died by suicide in 2018, believes the NHS should force surgeries to hold ...
I’m 78 and taking magic mushrooms – I’ve never looked back
Health
Christie’s own experience with psychedelics unfolded in the darkened downstairs bedroom of a bearded man named Bill. He gulped down a concoction ...
How long Covid risks ‘going the same way as ME’
Health
The term long Covid is familiar to all of us, yet the illness itself remains something of a medical mystery. “Long Covid ...
What is dementia? Types, symptoms, causes and treatment
Health
By the year 2040, there will be 1.7 million people in the UK living with dementia, according to the latest concerning forecasts ...
Pret a Manger’s fall from grace
Business
A high street hero in the Noughties, Pret has now put customer loyalty at risk with a subscription scheme that sometimes overpromises ...
The British scientists plotting to control the world’s weather
Technology
The Reading scientists, led by Prof Giles Harrison, have meanwhile been developing a different technique, in which an electric charge is applied ...
I dreamt about being stabbed just before the attack
Entertainment
In August 2022, two days before he was due to appear at an event in Chautauqua, a small town in upstate New ...
‘My 33-year-old anorexic daughter died by euthanasia – my husband and I stood by her’
Health
Anorexia has the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric illness, from medical complications as a result of the disease and from suicide. ...
The appliances that last a lifetime
Health
Matthew Marchant, who runs a home appliance repair shop in West Sussex, says that the durability of older models of Kenwood Chefs ...
How my best friend dying at 18 inspired me to campaign all the way to Downing Street
Health
As the head girl and deputy head girl of their sixth form, Ruby Fuller and Jessie Ross joked that they would take ...
