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Novak's regime and pain is hard, but is worth it

Get fit the Djokovic way (it is as hard as it sounds)

31 January 2012 12:00 AM

The Serb's victory in an epic Australian Open final has been hailed as one of the great feats of sporting endurance. Robin Scott-Elliot reveals the unlikely secrets of his extraordinary stamina

Young monks run back to class at the Dechen Phodrang monastery in Thimphu

Is Bhutan the happiest place in the world?

14 January 2012 12:00 AM

Andrew Buncombe visits Bhutan to find out if its people really are as content as they claim to be.

Rubin says: 'The more you pay attention to what makes you happy, the more you see the opportunity for change in small things.'

How to be happy: Gretchen Rubin’s guide to everyday contentment

14 January 2012 12:00 AM

Gretchen Rubin's blog is one of the web's most popular self-help destinations. Clare Dwyer Hogg meets the first lady of good cheer and presents her top tips for a positive outlook.

Laughter triggers 'funny memories' that help us to feel positive

The best medicine: The power of laughter

14 January 2012 12:00 AM

Laughter is the most obvious outward sign of happiness. But is it better for our health than we ever imagined?

The politics of positivity: Why is the Government measuring our happiness levels?

14 January 2012 12:00 AM

Statistics that measure how content we all are might not be as silly as they sound, argues sociologist William Davies

Being Modern: January detox

01 January 2012 12:00 AM

Blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm. Now, we know that's not what you want to be reading on a New Year's Day hangover, but that's what a lot of our Januarys will be based around, so don't go getting light-headed on us now.

Shape up: 10 ways to get fit without spending hours on a treadmill

01 January 2012 12:00 AM

New Year may be a time for taking stock of everything in our lives, but it's our health and fitness that are the focus of our most penitent promises. Though we ignore dust thickening on our trainers during the festive season, January demands action. But before the dutiful search for your gym pass, it's worth considering that if your mind-numbing treadmill routine hasn't worked thus far, it's probably time to try one of the ever-multiplying alternatives for getting – and staying – active.

The Porsche bike RS: Its most expensive part? The badge on the front

09 December 2011 10:01 AM

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Amanda Holden is due at the beginning of next year and the subtext of every tabloid picture of her seems to be: will she be able to carry it to term?

Great expectations: Why are we as a society obsessed with "outing" celebrity pregnancies?

13 November 2011 12:00 AM

Is she? Isn't she? And is it any business of ours? What our obsession with celebrity mums-to-be says about us

Cool to be kind: The advantages of being altruistic

10 November 2011 12:00 AM

Sunday is World Kindness Day, but just how good for you is being kind? David R Hamilton explains...

Dressing table: Men's moisturisers

22 October 2011 12:00 AM

Compiled by Dominique Major

Eavesjogging: Half the fun of running is listening in to other people's conversations

15 October 2011 12:00 AM

Running isn't only about fitness and beating stress, says Philip Norman

Being Modern: Teeth whitening

18 September 2011 12:00 AM

bertolt brecht famously put it thus in his lyrics to the popular standard "Mack the Knife": "Oh the shark has pretty teeth dear / And he shows them pearly white." And that was where things stood for decades. Beware those flashing too white a smile – such things were best left to villains seeking the elixir of youth, models in toothpaste ads and Americans.