A couple of years ago, I decided to improve myself physically and mentally. I did that by setting a couple of new year’s resolutions. One was to exercise regularly, and the other was to read a book a week....
Is sarcasm the lowest form of wit? If not, what is? Jason Frank, CumbriaPost your answers (and new questions) below or send them to nq@theguardian.com. A selection will be published next Sunday.
When did people start going on holiday? Valentina Otero, Mexico CitySend new questions to nq@theguardian.com.Readers replyOnly a privileged few could afford to go on holiday in pre-industrial times (and before the advent of the railways). The earliest known holiday...
UK viewers over the age of 55 watched almost twice as much YouTube last year as they did in 2023, with 42% of them watching on a TV, according to a survey by the communications regulator Ofcom.Here, six people...
I am a 50-year-old man. After a long-term disease, I had my inner ear removed, and then lost my job due to incapacity. I have hearing in one ear, am waiting for an implant and wear aids, which help.I felt...
Born in Nottingham, Su Pollard, 75, began singing in pubs and working men’s clubs at the age of 16 and appeared on Opportunity Knocks in 1974. She went on to play Peggy in the BBC television sitcom Hi-de-Hi! from 1980 to 1988....
Molly Oldfield hosts Everything Under the Sun, a podcast answering children’s questions. Do check out her books, Everything Under the Sun and the new Everything Under the Sun: Quiz Book.
In the days before my father-in-law’s funeral, my wife and I drive to his cottage in the country with the dogs. Our schedule – shredded and hastily reassembled around events – has a window just big enough to go down...
Anastasia, 31 There was an occasion when we had sex eight times in one day – we still call it our dirty weekend Ricky and I have been together for 12 years and married for three. I still think...
It’s been a salad kind of summer so far. Hot days spent camping with friends, impromptu picnics in the park, afternoons watching the tennis, reading in the garden with Test Match Special on in the background. Food has had...
