The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsWhich sport gives you the best all-round skill set/fitness regime? James Bunwell…
Good old days: why body confidence improves after 60
A New Zealand study claims men and women become more satisfied with their bodies over time – bucking the expectations of our youth-obsessed cultureName: Happy retirees.Age: Well, as you know, people retire at different ages, typically from about 60 onw…
Wild swimming isn’t a new fashion and is no threat to wildlife | Letters
Pat Simmons and Paul Williams on the pleasures of swimming in rivers, lakes and seas in harmony with natureWild swimming “the latest fashionable activity” (Letters, 26 July)? Hardly. Seventy years ago I learned to swim in the River Wey, in the company …