Reader’s Digest International — August 2017

98 | August• 2017 CAFÉSOCIETY dislikes. He lets loose a stream of epi- thets – colourful to profane – until the rider has passed ...

August• 2017 | 99 I am about to become a 21st-century flâneuse. I begin on those ninth arrondisse- ment boulevards once paraded ...

100 | August• 2017 She appears to be waiting for some- one. No-one comes. Across the pas- sage, in a dealership of rare stamps, ...

August• 2017 | 101 READER’S DIGEST poem of display, [chanting] its stan- zas of colour from the Madeleine to the gate of Saint-D ...

102 | August• 2017 CAFÉ SOCIETY Behind us, a young man with pre- maturely white hair and tortoiseshell glasses is leaning in, ea ...

August• 2017 | 103 READER’S DIGEST whose essays on artifice and perfor- mance made me fall in love with the idea of aville spect ...

Listening to relaxing music before surgery was more effective at reducing anxiety than a sedative medication, a French study sho ...

PHOTOGRAPHED BY TERRY DOYLE August• 2017 | 105 It’s not about adding years to your life but adding life to your years. So howcan ...

106 | August• 2017 WORDS TO LIVE BY Surf.Those who carried out a series of web searches showed increased activity in regions of ...

When you want dessert, take a bite or two of the good stuff. People who manage their weight best happily succumb at times, says ...

Dancing reduces the risk of dementia morethananyother type of physical activity, according to a study by New York’s Albert Einst ...

August• 2017 | 109 READER’S DIGEST small study that the brains of people who meditate had larger volumes of grey matter – the ar ...

110 | August• 2017 WORDS TO LIVE BY women, the risk reduction was 23 per cent. Healthier people may be more likely to go to the ...

Turns out carrots arenotthebestfood for your vision. The nutrients in eggs – lutein, vitamin E, and omega-3s – are especially go ...

Walking barefoot reduces the load on knee joints by 12 per cent compared with walking in comfortable shoes, and it may also mini ...

August• 2017 | 113 READER’S DIGEST appearance of a fuller mouth, which makes you look younger. Whenever possible, avoid darker l ...

114 | August• 2017 WORDS TO LIVE BY your hair? Before you shower, mix three tablespoons of flat beer at room temperature with ha ...

Seniors who took up painting, drawing, or sculpting during middle age and continued into their old age were 73 per cent less lik ...

116 | August• 2017 WORDS TO LIVE BY Quieter. Raising your voice a lot may lead to polyps – bumps on your vocal cords that can ma ...

August• 2017 | 117 NEWS BOOKS FILMS out about DVDS Loud Shrimp Named AfterPinkFloyd UK researchers have given the name Synalpheu ...