Reader's Digest UK

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Reader's digest

In This Issue…

Over To You • LETTERS ON THE July ISSUE

SEE THE WORLD… …DIFFERENTLY

Hot Tub Time • We need to cut hot tubs some slack and appreciate them for what they are: heaven on earth

Cate Blanchett On Strength, Sexism And Social Media • For years, Cate Blanchett has balanced a burgeoning acting career with activism. As she tells us, “You have to pick up the slack when you see others failing to”, it’s clear that using her voice to push for change is a responsibility she doesn’t take lightly

Jarvis Cocker I REMEMBER… • Jarvis Cocker (57) is the singer, director and philosophical muse who helped propel a nation into and beyond Britpop. Here, he looks back on his childhood dreams, time with Pulp, and the infamous Brit Awards incident

THE NOSE KNOWS • How dogs’ ability to detect disease will revolutionise medicine

8 MEDICAL MYTHS DEBUNKED FOR GOOD • We live in a scientific age, but old wives’ tales about health still abound. There’s often a grain of truth in them, but what are the actual facts?

Brain Food • You are what you eat, they say. And increasingly research is showing that this applies to your cognitive abilities too. With around 850,000 people in the UK currently living with dementia, it makes sense to choose the right foods to power your brain and stave off decline

Ask The Expert: Eye Health • Glaucoma specialist Alastair Lockwood is a consultant ophthalmologist at Queen Alexandra Hospital Portsmouth and an eye health adviser at online contact lens store, Feelgood Contacts

What A Pill Can’t Fix • Dr Max recounts how an act of simple kindness was the medicine his patient really needed

The Doctor Is In

How To Double Your Memory • Combining two techniques can supercharge your learning, says our memory expert, Jonathan Hancock

10 Facts About Apples—And Reasons To Love Them

A THOUSAND STINGS • The only way to save his friend from the killer bees was to climb up the A mountain and back into the swarm

My Britain: Bethnal Green

If I Ruled The World Jon Batiste • Jon Batiste is an Oscar and Golden Globe-winning musician, author and activist. His new album WE ARE is out now

Music From The Vaults • Meet the music custodians whose life mission is to preserve forgotten recordings for posterity

SAVING NOTRE DAME • A devastating fire nearly destroyed Notre Dame de Paris two years ago. Now scientists are leading the effort to restore the beloved cathedral to its former glory

NEW LIFE FOR A FOREST IN THE SKY

There’s Nowhere Like The Outback • A road through a remote Australian region leads to glorious landscapes and insights into the nation’s original inhabitants

My Great Escape: Vickers In Venice • Our reader Maggie Cobbett from Yorkshire heads to Italy…

D’AMATO RECORDS Valletta

Are Premium Bonds For You? • This month, Andy Webb uncovers why everyone’s talking about Premium Bonds

On The Money • Andy Webb

JANE DUNN • Salted Caramel-Stuffed NYC Cookies

World Kitchen • North Macedonia: Palachinki So Praz (Leek Pancakes)

Bag It Up • Give your old jeans a new lease on life in ten easy steps

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