http://www.newlyold.com/ Newly Old en Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:34:00 GMT Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:34:00 GMT info@newlyold.com info@newlyold.com http://www.newlyold.com/a-healthy-fetish/ My best friend and I have this in common: we find the purchase of new sports shoes a deeply moving, spiritual experience. For him it's more tennis shoes and for... http://www.newlyold.com/a-healthy-fetish/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/a-healthy-fetish/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:34:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/alone-in-the-darkest-of-places/ I pick up a copy of today's newspaper and rise from my desk. I hesitate, then reach into my bag and grab my novel as well. With a slightly upset... http://www.newlyold.com/alone-in-the-darkest-of-places/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/alone-in-the-darkest-of-places/ Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:39:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/brain-study/ American scientists have turned general thinking about the effects of tiredness and sleep deprivation on its head with a new theory that the brain is capable of giving groups of... http://www.newlyold.com/brain-study/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/brain-study/ Thu, 28 Apr 2011 03:45:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/easter-chocolate-advice/ It's Easter and therefore appropriate to reinforce a message which can sometimes get lost at this time of year. The message is that, under no circumstances, should you eat chocolate... http://www.newlyold.com/easter-chocolate-advice/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/easter-chocolate-advice/ Sun, 24 Apr 2011 06:20:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/just-like-mum/ Psychologists tell us that it is human nature to borrow behaviour patterns from people who influence us, such as our parents. And now researchers in the UK tell us that... http://www.newlyold.com/just-like-mum/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/just-like-mum/ Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:12:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/dunn-harper-marriage-2/ What a difference a lifetime makes. When Leslie Harper and Elsie Dunn married in Hull, northern England, in 1941, World War II was raging and hope for a better future... http://www.newlyold.com/dunn-harper-marriage-2/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/dunn-harper-marriage-2/ Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:34:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/what-day-is-it/ It was Australia Day yesterday, a mid-week public holiday to celebrate confusion. Okay, maybe that wasn't the official aim of the day off, but I spent all day feeling like... http://www.newlyold.com/what-day-is-it/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/what-day-is-it/ Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:17:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/criticising-young-people/ I overheard a conversation this week in which a grandparent lamented the lack of motivation for today's young people to have multiple interests. The technological age, she believed, had created... http://www.newlyold.com/criticising-young-people/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/criticising-young-people/ Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:03:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/parkinsons-drug-side-effects/ The treatment of Parkinson's disease can create some brutal side-effects, something police, social workers and judges are well aware of. The public, however, generally is not aware that this disease... http://www.newlyold.com/parkinsons-drug-side-effects/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/parkinsons-drug-side-effects/ Tue, 30 Nov 2010 02:37:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/changing-habits/ I read this week that if you conscientiously do something you don't ordinarily do - and don't want to do - 30 times or more, it will become a habit... http://www.newlyold.com/changing-habits/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/changing-habits/ Sat, 16 Oct 2010 11:09:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/blue-smartie/ The British firm Rowntree's has been producing Smarties under various guises since 1882. The small, multicoloured, candy-covered chocolates have fed dozens of happy generations of children. If anything didn't need... http://www.newlyold.com/blue-smartie/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/blue-smartie/ Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:28:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/queen-charlotte-sound/ Dear Achilles Tendon, You have done a sterling job for 57 years, and I hope you don't doubt for a moment that your support has been appreciated. You have been... http://www.newlyold.com/queen-charlotte-sound/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/queen-charlotte-sound/ Sat, 02 Oct 2010 11:08:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/first-date-agony/ Do you agonise over a first date? Which one of the following describes you most: It's impossible not to agonise over a first date. You get just one chance to... http://www.newlyold.com/first-date-agony/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/first-date-agony/ Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:58:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/haiti-corruption/ Nearly 25 years ago, in another time and another mindset, I was asked as part of a poll whether I was in favour of capital punishment. My resounding "No!" was... http://www.newlyold.com/haiti-corruption/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/haiti-corruption/ Sat, 25 Sep 2010 07:53:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/age-old-question/ It's official - old age is a myth. Okay, maybe not a myth, but definitely an ill-defined and misunderstood facet of modern living. The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis... http://www.newlyold.com/age-old-question/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/age-old-question/ Sat, 11 Sep 2010 21:53:00 GMT