The Stretches My Son Does When I’m Not There
Most evenings it looks the same. Bath, teeth, supper, and then I go into his room and stretch — nothing dramatic, mobility work mostly, one arm and one leg at a time, deliberately uneven, the kind of asymmetrical loading that forces the body to actually pay attention...
The World Championship Night I Was Sure Was Already Lost
There was no parking near the hotel, so I carried everything I owned for the next three days up a wet street by hand, in rain that hadn’t yet decided whether it was going to be the storm or just the warning for it. Every decent hotel near the start line in...
The Cheap Flight That Cost More Than the Ticket
Two hours late, which for the last flight of the day out of a budget airline isn’t really a delay so much as a scheduling assumption everyone quietly accepts. By the time I cleared the airport I’d missed the bus to where I’d parked the car, so...
The One Thing I No Longer Change on Holiday
Eight years ago we drove into Montenegro on roads narrow enough that a herd of goats around any blind corner was the normal hazard, not the surprising one. We’d flown in and rented a car, and even then it was hours of mountain driving to get anywhere. Deserted...
Cooling down before a hot night
Sleeping in 28°C: What Heat Actually Does to Your Sleep Ten years ago, a night on the Danube that didn’t drop below 20°C by sunrise was rare enough to mention. Air conditioning belonged to city apartments, mostly the higher floors. This year some nights...
Holiday Sleep Disruption is Worse Than You Think — And When the Cost Actually Shows Up
The cost of a holiday usually doesn’t show up on the holiday. It shows up the week after. The first day back at work feels harder than it should. The second day worse. By Wednesday you wonder why you feel like you haven’t really been on holiday at all....
Why Most Sleep Advice Fails For Men Over 40 — And What’s Actually Missing
Why Most Sleep Advice Fails? Many men over 40 with sleep issues have read more sleep advice than they can remember. The wind-down routines, the temperature recommendations, the screen rules, the supplements, the gadgets. Some of it sounded plausible. Most of it was...
Nocturia in Men Over 40: Why It Happens and How to Manage It Without Wrecking Your Sleep
Nocturia in men over 40: Waking up at three or four in the morning to use the bathroom is one of the most common sleep complaints among men over 40 — and one of the least openly discussed. Most coverage either treats it as a clinical problem requiring immediate...