What’s the easiest way to get healthy? I tried biohacking my life to live longer

What’s the easiest way to get healthy? I tried biohacking my life to live longer

Small changes to sleep, diet, and exercise can have significant benefits – and I’m all for barely perceptible adjustments A week into the first lockdown of the pandemic, I vowed I would never set foot in a gym again. This pledge seemed in keeping with the confused fatalism of the moment, but it turned out to be one of the few promises to myself I have ever kept. Since then I’ve become a fan of evidence suggesting that minimal changes to one’s lifestyle make a big difference to overall health, and this week there was more: a new study from the University of Sydney found that even small changes to three key behaviours – sleep, diet, and exercise – can have significant benefits. For those with the least healthy habits, an additional 5 minutes of sleep, 2 minutes more exercise and minimal dietary adjustments could add another year of life. Continue reading...

This Minneapolis man’s rant about the state of Trump’s America right now went wildly viral because he totally and utterly nails it

This Minneapolis man’s rant about the state of Trump’s America right now went wildly viral because he totally and utterly nails it

If you really want to know what it’s like being in America right now, then just go ask the man in the street. Specifically, ask this man who was so outraged by what he saw going on in Minnesota that he left his ‘cushy home’ to take to the streets to something – anything! – […] The post This Minneapolis man’s rant about the state of Trump’s America right now went wildly viral because he totally and utterly nails it appeared first on The Poke .

Gerry & Sewell review – tragicomic search for a Newcastle United season ticket

Gerry & Sewell review – tragicomic search for a Newcastle United season ticket

Aldwych theatre, London Jamie Eastlake’s play about two football fans mixes together song, dance, comedy and dark family drama, with incohesive results This tale of two hard-up reprobates in Gateshead, who dream of getting a Newcastle United season ticket by hook or by crook, encapsulates hope in the face of adversity. Adapted from an award-winning book (which also became the film Purely Belter ), the play has its own rags-to-riches story, of sorts. Written and directed by Jamie Eastlake , it began life at a 60-seater social club in north Tyneside in 2022. Now, here it is in the West End, full of vivid characters, in-your-face demotic and subtly damning commentary on the political betrayals of this region, drained of resources – and sometimes hope itself. Jonathan Tulloch’s original novel, The Season Ticket, was published in 2000 but could have been written for our age of austerity, though its tone wavers between comedy and tragedy. The picaresque exploits of young, disenfranchised friends Gerry (Dean Logan) and Sewell (Jack Robertson) – whether scouring the banks of the Tyne for stuff to sell or carrying out burglaries – are spliced with dark family drama involving poverty, domestic violence, alcoholism and sexual abuse. At Aldwych theatre, London , until 24 January Continue reading...