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The very real fear of public speaking

Making a speech is right up there with death, divorce and snakes as one of people’s absolutely worst nightmares. Just the thought of getting up in front of a room and having to say a few words can send the pulse racing. Actually doing it can cause palpitations, raised blood pressure, and severe perspiration even […]

30 April 2026

Revelling in a heart attack

For he who lives more lives than oneMore deaths than one must die.Oscar Wilde – The Ballad of Reading Jail At the Virgin Active Gym on the corner of Main and Nichol, at 5.30 pm on Monday, 9 March 2015, I died. Ironically, it happened while I was getting into shape – it was a […]

28 April 2026