Alison Jane Reid

Meet the world like a tree: deepen your roots to age faithfully Creative ageing expert Alan Heeks shows how we can learn from Nature Growing older is a strange process: so many opportunities, but also losses, bewilderment, and a subtle sense that you’re less resilient than you used to

Have you heard there’s a new dance craze! It’s called the Floss. We applaud Diversity star Ashley Banjo’s good-natured, hilarious attempts to teach Jonathan Ross and film star Jack Black how to do this oh so tricky dance during the latest episode of the Jonathan Ross show

Damn! Am I the only one who needs counselling before I can even begin to come to terms with the idea of watching Suits series eight with the gaping absence of Meghan Markle, now the Duchess of Sussex, and Patrick J Adams, as the fearless, gloriously idealistic, us against the

Sometimes, I just stumble across the most remarkable people and a great interview! Like @phlegm_art who just happened to be perched up a crane, a modern Leonardo at work with a spray can and masonry paint one halycon summer afternoon. Phlegm originally trained as a sculptor, before he started

As the #Metoo campaign inspires more women and girls across the globe to be shining beacons of hope for women’s rights, Amal Clooney, the human rights barrister, and wife of film icon and activist, George, Clooney, is helping to empower one remarkable sixteen- year- old school girl, Kamar Omary,

My Organic Milkman, Meringues, and Breakfast at Tiffany’s Sometimes, I stop and wonder, am I Alison-in-Wonderland? Have I fallen down the rabbit hole into a parallel world where organic and local food is finally loved, understood and celebrated all across the land? Never in my wildest dreams would I

When Tobi the tamandua – a species of ant eater native to South America, moved to ZSL London Zoo last October as a companion for female Ria, keepers hoped to someday hear the pitter-patter of tiny yet tenacious tamandua toes. So they were overjoyed when just five months later they spotted