A Christmas Tale… Last Christmas, my six year old son came up with a brilliant plan. If you can’t buy something in the shops… ask Father Christmas for it! Some time ago, one of the major supermarkets made chocolate orange spread – spreadable chocolate orange! It became an instant favourite and we stockpiled a few […]
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As we started the second term of the academic year, my focus with the A Level geographers turned to the Coasts topic of the new Edexcel A Level specification. As any teachers of the new specifications will know, both the amount of content and the rigour has hugely increased – creating new challenges of how […]
Read moreSo many people love eating chocolate, and believe it is a mood-influencing food giving pleasure plus a lift in mood – a happyfood! Now research suggests that many depressed people really do eat more chocolate. These findings came from both men and women who scored high on a psychometric depression scale but who were not […]
Read morePsychologists leave no stone unturned, and have researched what kissing is all about. Surprise surprise one study has found than levels of the stress hormone cortisol are reduced while the friendliness hormone oxytocin is enhanced. Perhaps, more interestingly, a different study found that the stimulation sparked off by kissing was not as good as the buzz from […]
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