Ever sent someone a polite refusal and suddenly felt like you had inadvertently kicked over a hornet’s nest? It’s one of those small, hilarious social moments that also reveals a lot about human ego. Here’s a recent example. I got a friend request from someone who already seemed to have quite a few connections. I […]

It began, as these things often do in messaging (which as room admin I can’t turn off), with what seemed like a perfectly ordinary message: “Where you from?” I answered, “UK.” Short, polite, factual. Then came the inevitable follow-up: “Where?” And that, dear reader, is when my internal radar went off; why is it that […]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQKHjH9DNuJ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== There are few moments in sport that stir such mixed emotions as coming to terms with a beloved player leaving a club with whom so many memories have been created. For all of us at Stade Toulousain, saying farewell to Pita Ahki, whose departure in December was announced this past week, is one of […]

Losing weight can be incredibly difficult for many people. For some, no matter how carefully they watch what they eat or how hard they train, the scales barely move. That is where modern science has stepped in, and the world of weight loss has changed dramatically with the rise of a new class of drugs […]

It started, as so many things do these days, with a simple conversation about supplements. Someone had been told by their nutritionist to take 500 mg of magnesium every other day to help with the Vitamin D. All very standard advice. Nothing controversial there. But then, somewhere between the words magnesium and metabolism, I made […]



