The secrets to a successful relationship, according to our readers
We asked Positive News readers to share their secrets for making relationships last. This is what they had a lot to say about kindness, communication, tantra workshops, and jumping in mosh pits. The Positive News inbox should shock anyone who thought romance was dead. Since we asked readers to share the secrets of their relationship’s […]
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What went right this week: Iceland’s whaling ban, plus more positive news
A paralysed man walked again Michel Roccati lost all feeling in his legs and movement after a 2017 motorcycle accident. Now, thanks to Prof Grégoire Courtine, a neuroscientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne, and Prof Jocelyne Bloch, a neurosurgeon at Lausanne university hospital, Roccati and two other patients can walk, run, […]
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Three good things: city tours from eye-opening perspectives – FFA
London through an immigrant lens Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, the Thames: we know what to expect from a typical tour of London, but three excursions now offer an immigrant’s perspective. Led by women from Albania, Ethiopia and Morocco, the tours discuss customs and traditions from the women’s home countries and how these influence immigrant communities […]
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A stylist who gives free cuts to homeless people has started a movement
After taking his scissors to the streets, Joshua Coombes launched Do Something For Nothing – a movement that urges people to use their skills to help those in need Joshua Coombes, a London hairdresser, took his scissors and clippers with him to the London salon where he was working one day in 2015. He stopped […]
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These eco pallets could save millions of trees from being felled
The UK construction industry uses 18m wood pallets every year. Most of these are only used once. This firm has a solution An innovation targeting the wasting of pallets in construction has won support from some of the sector’s key players. Some 18m wooden pallets – requiring a total 6,000 acres of forestry – are […]
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Fancy discussing your demise over a cuppa? The rise of ‘death cafes’
We spoke to Death Cafe Cymru’s organisers to find out why death cafes have been so popular. Death Cafes are informal spaces where people can discuss mortality in a casual setting. It might seem unusual to have a conversation about death with a cup or tea and a slice of carrot cake. But in fact, […]
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‘Football makes us feel like we belong’: meet Sierra Leone’s Flying Stars
Amputee footballers in Sierra Leone are finding the beautiful game a source for joy and empowerment. “They’re just phenomenal athletes,” said New Zealand-born photographer Todd Antony, describing the amputee football players that he has photographed for his multi-award-winning project The Flying Stars of Sierra Leone. “They are going at an amazing pace. They’re crunching into […]
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What went right this week: wins for nature and health, plus more positive news
Positive News published the first article, What went right this week: Wins for Nature and Health, plus other positive news,
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What is the secret to your relationship’s success? – FFA
Think Valentine’s Day and what springs to mind? A candlelit dinner for your partner, a pub night with your single friends, Hallmark poetry, or limp petrol station flowers? Whatever you think of the occasion (genuinely romantic or exploitatively cliched), Valentine’s Day provides people with an opportunity — welcome or otherwise — to reflect on their […]
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How to boost your immune system: 12 science-backed steps
Many people have been forced to take greater responsibility for their health by Covid. Unsurprisingly, online searches for ‘how to boost your immune system’ have rocketed during the pandemic. What can we do? Well, all the experts that Positive News spoke to stressed one thing: the importance of getting jabbed. “The obvious thing we can do […]
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