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Outside the beautiful Disneyland Hotel (Image: Disney) I hadn’t been since 1996, when the park was a couple of years old and suitably far removed from Paris per se (in reality under an hour, but thousands of miles away culturally). Then, it was quite the novelty for Britons relishing the thought of having the Disney […]
Share this article A viable philosophy or government propaganda? Bhutan is often praised for measuring its worth by citizens’ happiness alongside its economy, but can a country really calculate happiness—and if so, how? I’m meandering along the world’s friendliest road. Hand-painted boulders remind drivers to “peep peep, don’t sleep,” and, a few hundred meters later, […]
And it’s all down to a combination of good weather, long daylight hours and the start of the holidays. And for tennis fans there is the added bonus of watching Serena Williams in today’s Wimbledon women’s final when she will face Germany’s Angelique Kerber. Psychologist Dr Cliff Arnall has created a simple formula that shows […]
While it may not have taken the crown, Britons will be glad to hear that the UK was ranked the fourth happiest country in Europe in the study. The Happiness Index gave the 13 European countries on which the index was tested a score out of 100 – and the UK gained 69 points. The […]
Flickr / OakleyOriginals In Norway, couples are more likely to have kids when they’re living together than when they’re married. This is a trend in industrialized nations across the globe, but it’s especially pronounced in Scandinavia. Scandinavian couples typically marry later in life, as a symbolic display of love. The Atlantic recently published a fascinating […]
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The happiest countries have been revealed in a new report for 2018. Called the World Happiness Report, it is compiled by the UN by analysing data from 156 countries. Some of the variables that factor into the well-being of citizens include life expectancy, social support, trust and income. As the sixth report to date, which […]
The monopolies are coming. In almost every economic sector, including television, books, music, groceries, pharmacies, and advertising, a handful of companies control a prodigious share of the market. The beer industry has been one of the worst offenders. The refreshing simplicity of Blue Moon, the vanilla smoothness of Boddingtons, the classic brightness of a Pilsner […]
REUTERS/Nacho Doce Researchers have measured when people are the happiest with their money, their looks, and their lives. Most people reported their highest levels of happiness in their late 60s and older. People were the least happy in their 50s. What does it take to be happy? For the majority of people, it seems like […]
Wilfredo Lee/AP Michael Irvin had a successful NFL career that included three Super Bowl wins. However, Irvin says the happiest he ever was playing football was at the University of Miami because he didn’t have to support anybody. To this day, Irvin says he still has family members who ask him for money and now […]
