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5 audiobooks to help you wind down this holiday season

BookBeat shares 5 great audiobooks to help you find some “me time” this holiday season.
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Don Quixote

Andrew Jackson's RSC production of Don Quixote is overlong but achieves genuine poignancy while the clanky-armoured, straggly-haired David Threlfall looks born to...
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World diabetes day

World diabetes day aims to spread awareness about diabetes. The cause, prevention and impact it has on people's lives.
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5 winter skincare tips for a healthier skin

Winter brings with it dry, chapped skin so here are some simple tips to keep you glowing through the colder months.
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Six essential food and nutrition time savers for...

Rob Hobson looks at six ways to maintain a nutritious, healthy diet if you are a busy carer with limited time to cook and look after yourself.
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Are you ready for a life-changing light?

How an inventor’s passion led to the creation of the ultimate reading light – endorsed by opticians.

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The A to Z of Lens Surgery for Over 50s

Three serious eye conditions accelerated by diabetes

Diabetes is the leading cause of preventable sight loss in the UK and doubles the chance of developing a cataract. Here we highlight the three sight-related issues associated with the condition.

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ear for eye

Debbie Tucker's 'ear for eye' is a dense and at times, deliberately alienating vision of race, language and power structures which dispenses with a traditional story line to concentrate on ideas, writes Laurence Green.

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The Meerkat OAP

Few people would consider retiring to the remote inferno of the Kalahari, most prefer a cosy McCarthy & Stone apartment within walking distance of Waitrose. But 78 year-old Professor Anne Rasa is redefining the Real Marigold Hotel concept. Michael Edwards investigates

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