What women ‘really think’

Telegraph - Almost two out of five women now see themselves as feminists, research for Stella magazine has revealed. However, nearly three out of four women would rather have a man, than a woman, as their boss. Nearly half of women (46 per cent) think a couple should live together before they marry. [...]

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When doctors and parents clash over life and death

Independent - Hannah refused a heart transplant, and expressed a wish to spend her dying months at home, with her parents, her two sisters, and her brother. However pragmatic and mature that decision may be, and however sure a parent is that their child is sincere and sensible in her choice, the arrival [...]

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Dying girl Hannah Jones wins fight to turn down transplant

Times - At an age when most teenage girls are thinking about school, boys and pop music, Hannah Jones is hoping only to be allowed to die with dignity. Hannah, who is 13 and terminally ill, has persuaded a hospital to withdraw a High Court action that would have forced her to have [...]

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Scent and the secret of daily hedonism

Independent - Manners have changed. When I was younger, people used to wear colognes to gay bars in such quantities that conversation was regularly interrupted by sneezing fits. Then a memo came round, and it stopped dead – I can’t remember the last time I caught a whiff of cologne in a gay [...]

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Obesity crisis fuelled by lack of cooking skills, Oliver warns

Guardian - Britain’s obesity epidemic transcends class because for the first time in history a large number of people of all incomes cannot cook, Jamie Oliver told MPs at Westminster yesterday.

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Love, Sex and the Changing Landscape of Infidelity

NY Times - A handful of new studies suggest surprising changes in the marital landscape. Infidelity appears to be on the rise, particularly among older men and young couples. Notably, women appear to be closing the adultery gap: younger women appear to be cheating on their spouses nearly as often as men.

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How to taste wine

Financial Times - Although the human nose can detect concentrations as weak as one part per 10,000 of some compounds, different palates vary enormously in the aromas to which they are most sensitive. And, to make life even more complicated when trying to present useful tasting notes, we lack a common, objectively [...]

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