How to get to sleep in hot weather: Do this with your pillows to ensure peaceful slumber

HOW TO GET TO SLEEP: while the heatwave forecast at the weekend is good news for sun worshippers, those who struggle to sleep in hot weather may be feeling anxious over whether they’ll be able to get a good night’s rest. One tip to make sure you get your forty-winks is linked with your pillow […]

How to get to sleep: Sip this drink before bed to ensure a peaceful night’s slumber

Sleep is important when it comes to our physical health – not having enough can put you in a bad mood and result in lack of focus. If poor sleep becomes a recurring thing, you can be at risk of serious medical conditions such as obesity, heart disease and diabetes, according to the NHS. To […]

How to sleep: Make sure your room is this temperature to ensure a peaceful night’s slumber

HOW TO SLEEP: Getting enough shut eye on a night can be difficult, particularly when we’re in-between winter and summer, where evening’s are either too cold or too hot. But making sure your room is a certain temperature before your slumber can help you get a peaceful rest.

British Slumber Time: Hotel gives guests extra hour in bed despite clocks going forward

With the days getting longer and the temperature slowly edging upwards, it seems that summer is finally on its way. Just to be sure, the UK is switching its clocks from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) back to British Summer Time (BST) on Sunday 25 March. However, the official beginning of BST comes at a price: […]

The RetroBeat: A new N64 cartridge? 40 Winks wakes up after a long slumber

You’ve probably never heard of 40 Winks before. It’s an unremarkable 3D platformer that came out for the PlayStation in 1999. It’s also about to become a new game for the Nintendo 64. In fact, 40 Winks will be the console’s first new title since Nintendo discontinued the system in 2003. GT Interactive always intended […]

Want to sleep better? Cutting down on social media could help your slumber

Two thirds of the users of Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat suffer with sleep deprivation, found a survey of 2,000 people. And 68 per cent even wake up in the middle of the night to check their phones. Now sleep doctor Nerina Ramlakhan is warning users to ration the time they spend on the social networking […]

The world’s lightest hammock is crafted for virtually weightless summer slumber

Sea to Summit introduces its Ultralight Hammock just in time for summer camping. Weighing in at under five ounces, it serves as the lightest hammock in existence.  Backpackers who live by the mantra ‘every ounce counts’ will revel in the company’s newest slumber option without having to sacrifice the durability or adaptability provided by other popular hammock brands. The Ultralight […]