Asthma: who suffers from asthma?
It is estimated that almost two million people in Australia have asthma. Up to one in four children, one in seven adolescents and one in 10 adults will experience symptoms consistent with asthma at some time in their lives. The United Kingdom, ... [... more]
NineMSN Health |
Meeting People with Dogs
If you have trouble making friends, our resident scientist, Graeme Quirk, suggests that you get a dog. Recent research at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom showed that dogs can act as powerful social catalysts, making it easier for ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Jane Hill from HarperCollins Publishers
Jane Hill is the director of programming for an award-winning group of commercial radio stations in the United Kingdom, and she previously worked as a radio journalist. She lives in Lincoln, England. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Victoria Beckham
Victoria Beckham was born and raised in the United Kingdom. After five years in Spain, where her husband David played soccer for Real Madrid, the Beckhams moved to California where he plays for LA Galaxy. Victoria is also the author of an ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Jill Pitkeathley
Jill Pitkeathley was born on the Channel Islands of the United Kingdom. The former chief executive of the Carers National Association (now Carers UK), she is a Life Peer in the House of Lords and a longtime Austen fan. She lives in London. A: ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Alex Hewitt
Written by June Skinner Sawyers, Photographed by Alex Hewitt Named the top shopping destination in the United Kingdom outside of London, "Glasgow is a must-see destination...a mandatory stop on everyone's European travel itinerary" (The ... [... more]
Random House |
June Skinner Sawyers
Written by June Skinner Sawyers, Photographed by Alex Hewitt Named the top shopping destination in the United Kingdom outside of London, "Glasgow is a must-see destination...a mandatory stop on everyone's European travel itinerary" (The ... [... more]
Random House |
Sir Denis Forman
Sir Denis Forman was for nine years the deputy chairman of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in London. He was a founding member of the Granada television franchise in the United Kingdom and became its chairman and chief executive, ... [... more]
Random House |
Christopher Titmuss
CHRISTOPHER TITMUSS is the cofounder of Gaia House, one of the largest and most respected retreat centers in the United Kingdom, and a founding member of the international board of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. He travels all over the world ... [... more]
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Thatched Roofing
Rebecca investigates Polynesian style thatching, which can be used on pergolas and verandahs, or to cover an entire house if desired. From Africa to the United Kingdom, and from Mexico to Asia, thatched roofing has been used for centuries in many ... [... more]
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Louise Kehoe
LOUISE KEHOE is a writer and garden designer who lives in New Hampshire. In This Dark House won the National Jewish Book Award in 1995 and, in the United Kingdom, the Jewish Quarterly?Wingate Prize in 1997. In 1939 the influential architect ... [... more]
Random House |
Betool Khedairi
Betool Khedairi was born in Baghdad in 1965 to an Iraqi father and a Scottish mother. She received a B.A. in French literature from the University of Mustansirya and then traveled between Iraq, Jordan, and the United Kingdom, working in the food ... [... more]
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