When I was a younger man living in London, I came to realise that I needed other influences to help me grow than what was then consuming my time. My book shopping was my best effort to add balance to a life that was a little heavily lopsided with sport. Here’s what I came up with.

I believe the very expensive exercise of having a royal commission and then implementing the findings are not dealing with the central issue that no-one in any form of authority seems willing to address.

We are constantly being reminded that reducing our intake of all saturated fats and trans fats will lead to a reduction in coronary heart disease, and high-fat dairy products have long been thrown into this mix. But several studies have shown that this link is tenuous at best.

The Rich List is full of world-class business starters and growers who are gutsy, disruptive and competitive.

No-one has the epitaph on their gravestone saying, “I only wished I worked harder.”

A small but very noisy anti-vaxxing community continues to spread gross misinformation based on no science whatsoever.

While the word 'breakthrough' can be thrown around by the media, the development of a nanoparticle appears to be a significant breakthrough for the management of cancer.

“I’m too old to change” or “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks”. Why? Who wants to be stuck in their old ways? Who doesn’t want to use their identifiable talents their whole life? Who doesn’t want to ooze with passion?

With the increasing calamity we are now seeing in India from record breaking daily COVID-19 cases, it is quite easy to lose sight of many ongoing health issues that continue to devastate the planet.

Do you have potential money sitting at home in drawers in the form of clothing and belongings? You could easily be selling these dust-collectors for cash, allowing you to both seasonally clean and add to your savings.

A GP who runs a large local practice is dumbfounded by the crazy vaccine distribution system that could damage the health of Aussies and the Australian economy.

Yes, exercise is the answer but a disturbing paper published in the Journal “Science Advances” has shown that very commonly used pharmaceutical drugs may block the short and long-term benefits of regular exercise.