by Elim Lau | Jun 3, 2025 | Science and Nature
In this Q&A, The Optimist speaks to Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith about the importance of rest for a more energised and healthy life. Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith was once exhausted, as many people are. As a practising internal medicine physician, she started researching...
by Holly Robson | May 30, 2025 | family first, Offbeat
This was the question I asked pretty much everyone I know, and then asked them to send it to me. The results were both heart-warming and varied. It was amazing to me what people chose, and how honest and raw they were. It just goes to show that a photo can have so...
by Zain Durrani | May 30, 2025 | Recreation, this:ability
Established in 2014, and operating out of IceSheffield, the Sheffield Steelkings are the youngest team in the British Para Ice Hockey Association. They use special-made sleds, shipped from Canada, to help their players get on the ice. Each sled can be adapted to the...
by Anna Priedite | May 29, 2025 | Careers
Karen Daniel is a 58-year-old woman from Worthing, Sussex, who runs a greengrocer business called Souk, which provides fresh vegetables and fruit to people in the Worthing area. Every Thursday and Friday, Karen delivers the boxes of British and exotic produce right to...
by Anna Priedite | May 28, 2025 | Science and Nature
In the heart of Ñürüm, a rural district nestled within Panama’s largest Indigenous territory, a quiet transformation is taking root. Local farmer Isidrio Hernandez-Ruiz – affectionately known in the community as campesino – has joined forces with the...
