The Mercury

In a new series Poppy Noor discusses an issue concerning how we can build happy, well-run communities. But what do you think? Send us your thoughts and responses

What fits your busy schedule better, excercising one hour a day or being dead 24 hours a day?

Researchers have discovered that there are actually five different kinds—and most people tend to experience just one type of boredom throughout their lives.

I have no memory for things I have learned, nor things I have read, nor things experienced or heard, neither for people nor events; I feel that I have experienced nothing, learned nothing, that I actually know less than the average schoolboy, and that what I do know is superficial, and that every second question is beyond me. I am incapable of thinking deliberately; my thoughts run into a wall. I can grasp the essence of things in isolation, but I am quite incapable of coherent, unbroken thinking. I can't even tell a story properly; in fact, I can scarcely talk.

Friday night was the first of the Cardiff Summer Series races and this race was just 1 single mile. Easy, right?! No. It hurts.

Do you hate bell ringers??

I think of this twitter interaction at least 6 times a day. do you remember how we used to run?

One archaeologist describes the spicy, musky scent as "the Chanel No. 5 of ancient Egypt."