I recently spoke with Dr Dean Halfpenny of The London Orthopaedic Clinic and Gina John of the Osprey Clinic about the condition of hypermobility. The interviews are available here on UK Health Radio – it is the second part of the programme. The contact details for both clinics are below. As well as helping to … Read more
I recently spoke with some experts and tried to get to the bottom of how to create a workplace that is both efficient and a fun place to be. It was very illuminating and the transcript of the whole discussion is below. The participants were Kursty Groves, workplace consultant, Tim Hanwell of Office Works and … Read more
My children have been busy during the summer holidays. They made some animals from the recycling and then this great movie – with a bit of help from their older cousin.
I have been enjoying dipping into some of the events at Clerkenwell Design Week. My favourite so far was a talk on Wellbeing and Productivity in the Workplace by Dr Craig Knight of Haddleton Knight at The Frem Group showroom. I loved the photos of an office from 1906 and 2015 – they looked virtually the … Read more
Everyone knows someone with a bad back or has one themselves. David Mitchell in his autobiography, Back Story, says how other people’s back pain is boring and then goes onto write a whole book about his. Actually that is a bit unfair as he talks about plenty of other stuff and he is very funny. … Read more
I have just read a fantastic book about a guy who had been suffering back pain for months, found he had a tumour in his spine, had an operation to remove it and then four months later completed an Ironman. That is a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride finished with a marathon. … Read more
I always knew there was no such thing as a free lunch but yesterday I was treated to a free breakfast. That was good but it got better as Tim Hanwell and Craig Phillipson of Officeworks hosted what turned out to be a vibrant sharing of their knowledge on what makes a productive, healthy and … Read more
Surely this can’t be right – go for a stroll for 10, 00 steps and earn 1BW$ which will be equivalent to 1$ US. Well it is and the founders of the bank/ project/ movement (not sure the right word for it,) Nissan Bahar and Franky Imbesi have attracted more than $10m (£6.6m) of initial … Read more
I read in a Guardian article that a coalition of health experts is calling for a personal trainer to be put in every doctor’s surgery and job centre to help tackle the UK’s physical inactivity problem. The call comes as part of the first joined-up strategy for tackling lack of exercise cross society, estimated to cause … Read more
I love this advert with the dancing chicken for Mercedes! There are two spoofs below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axAmED7lqe4 Jaguar made this lovely spoof. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PQS8SFWNQw I couldn’t resist trying to make a spoof as well – not quite as professional but it amused me and kept my nephew out of trouble for a few minutes!