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University College London Study Faces Scrutiny After Claiming Arts Lovers May Be Biologically A Year Younger Than Others

“The secret ingredient is always money,” a skeptical reader wrote.

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Arts and cultural engagement ‘linked to slower pace of biological ageing’

Research from UCL suggests visiting art galleries or museums, singing and painting can help improve health outcomes

The Guardian - UK

Finish Line: The quiet rise of "prescribing connection"

Physicians are sending patients to choirs, art studios, walking clubs and lakesides.

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Arundhati Roy and Lyse Doucet lead ‘exceptional’ Women’s prize for nonfiction shortlist

Roy’s memoir Mother Mary Comes to Me and Doucet’s The Finest Hotel in Kabul are joined by books on exile by Ece Temelkuran and Judith Mackrell and an ode to the arts by Daisy Fancourt

The Guardian - UK

‘How incredibly stimulating!’ Retirees on discovering a new world through dance

As Angela Rippon’s Let’s Dance campaign aims to get the nation moving this week, older dancers share how they overcame nerves to relish the benefits

The Guardian - UK

Arundhati Roy and Sarah Perry longlisted for Women’s prize for nonfiction

Sixteen authors – including Lea Ypi, Lyse Doucet and Barbara Demick – are in contention for the £30,000 award, launched to address a historic gender imbalance in nonfiction prizes

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on living more creatively: a daily dose of art

Editorial: It can make us healthier, happier and live longer. Engaging in culture should be encouraged like good diet and exercise

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Does the UK have a mental health overdiagnosis problem?

Mental ill health has been cited as a factor in the welfare overhaul, and experts agree it has worsened since the pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Questions to ask yourself ... to find a new hobby

Social prescribing expert and professor of psychobiology Daisy Fancourt on how hobbies enrich lives

The Guardian - UK

Consuming arts and culture is good for health and wellbeing, research finds

Engaging with arts improves quality of life, increases productivity and creates financial ‘dividend’

The Guardian - UK

‘A mega-mechanism for bonding’: why singing together does us good

Carols and choirs are enjoying a boom in popularity, and science is showing how they improve lives

The Guardian - UK

Teenagers to be prescribed surfing, dancing and gardening as mental health aid

Activities will be on offer as part of a trial to determine their effectiveness in helping to improve moods

Evening Standard

Young people to be prescribed surfing and dancing by NHS to help anxiety

Study to assess if ‘social prescribing’ such as surfing or rollerskating can stop conditions worsening while on waiting lists

The Guardian - UK

More people worried about money than about catching Covid

Almost four in 10 people (38%) are worried about their finances, according to researchers from University College London.

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Britons are more worried about cost of living than Covid, study says

Almost four in 10 people (38%) are worried about their finances, according to the Covid social study survey.

Wales Online

More people worried about finances than Covid, says survey

Nearly 40% of people concerned about cost-of-living crisis

The Independent UK

More people worried about their finances than catching Covid, study shows

Almost four in 10 Britons are worried about their finances, according to researchers from University College London

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