How to keep your microbiome happy
Your gut absorbs nutrients from the food you eat and is packed with trillions of microbes like bacteria, fungus and…
Rebecca Wallersteiner
Healthy holiday reading
What’s a summer holiday without a good summer reading list? Here are five exciting new titles to cram into your…
Staying healthy at summer festivals
Summer festivals have now become de rigeur for everyone from teens to hipster mums, foodies, music lovers and body- beautiful…
Swimming pool hazards
Before plunging into your hotel swimming pool, or soaking in hot tubs during your long-awaited summer holiday, you might want…
Leaving Today: flight and exile
Against the backdrop human tragedies that unfold on a daily basis in the waters of the Mediterranean, ‘Leaving Today’ is…
IVF: 6 Million Babies Later
‘IVF: 6 Million Babies Later’ is a major, new exhibition at London's Science Museum exploring the remarkable story of the…
Colours of your mood
We often talk about our moods in term of colours of the rainbow. Feeling blue, or green with envy? Or…
Brave Faces – plastic surgery born in war
A century ago it was wounded soldiers, rather than celebrities, queuing for the latest plastic surgery. The First World War…
Revamped Kew – saving plants that may help to cure cancer
After the biggest restoration project in its entire 175 year history, Kew Gardens has re- opened the doors of its…
Doctor wins Gold at Chelsea
Rebecca Wallersteiner pours accolades on the dazzling ‘The Seedlip Garden’ by Dr Catherine MacDonald – a celebration of Modern and…
The CHERUB HIV garden of hope at Chelsea
The CHERUB HIV Garden conceived by Professor John Frater from the University of Oxford and Professor Sarah Fidler from Imperial…
An Embroidered Minds Epilepsy Garden at Chelsea
Rebecca Wallersteiner takes a look at the tranquil ‘The Embroidered Minds Epilepsy Garden,’ - inspired by William Morris’ daughter Jenny’s…