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Meet the woman behind one of Ireland’s Death Cafes: ‘Their popularity has surged during pandemic’

A nurse, a teacher, and a journalist log in to a Zoom. ups of tea and coffee in hand, they are participating in an online ‘Death Café’.  These people are meeting today because they share something in common: they are all going to die. Death Cafes bring people from all walks of life together to… Read More »

European Inventor Award 2021: Meet some of today’s most inspiring innovators at digital event on 17 June

Watch the European Inventor Award ceremony online on Thursday, 17 June 2021 at 19:00 CEST Event broadcast at inventoraward.org will showcase the stories of remarkable scientists and innovators in an all-new format The public is invited to vote online for their favourite inventor to win the Popular Prize; poll open now at popular-prize.epo.org Winners of… Read More »

Logging off: Meet the people who quit social media (and never looked back)

Actor Channing Tatum recently told his 17.4 million Instagram followers that he’s switching off in order to ‘get his creative juices flowing’ and there are plenty of ordinary people doing just the same. They’re leaving behind the world of likes and followers – and they say their lives have never been better. Abbi Bramble Deirdre… Read More »

Jade Goody saved our lives – meet three women inspired to take smear test by late star

More than 3,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in the UK each year, and almost 1,000 lose their lives to the killer disease – yet it is 99.8 per cent preventable with regular screening. Big Brother star Jade Goody’s death at 27 in 2009 led to a surge in women having smear tests. But… Read More »