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Mind games: a mental workout to help keep your brain sharp

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Train your brainHealth & wellbeingLifestyle habits matter when it comes to brain health, and the rewards of increased mental stimulation can be seen in a very short space of time Sharon, a 46-year-old single mother of three teenagers, came to see me about her increasing forgetfulness. Working full-time and managing her household was becoming overwhelming for her, and she was misplacing lunchboxes, missing appointments and having trouble focusing her attention. She was worried because her grandmother got Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 79, and Sharon felt she might be getting it too – just a lot younger. Read More...

Rapid rise in Andrew Tate-related cases referred to Prevent by schools | Prevent strategy

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Prevent strategy This article is more than 11 months old‘Rapid rise’ in Andrew Tate-related cases referred to Prevent by schoolsThis article is more than 11 months oldCounter-extremism workers dealing with incidents including verbal harassment of female teachers and other pupils Counter-extremism workers have warned of a rapid rise in the number of cases being referred to them by schools concerned about the influence of the self-styled misogynist influencer Andrew Tate. Read More...

The God Desire by David Baddiel review not quite losing my religion

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The ObserverReligionReviewThe comedian’s attempt to reconcile his lack of faith with his Jewish identity places him in an intriguing position in an often polarised debate Two years ago, David Baddiel published an angry polemic, Jews Don’t Count, which set out to demonstrate “how identity politics failed one particular identity”. Since many on the left more or less consciously regard Jews as both privileged and “white”, he argued, they often fail to take antisemitism as seriously as other forms of racism. Read More...