CRAIG BROWN: Warning – don’t play croquet in front of the telly 

One of the most surprising beneficiaries of the current crisis is the game of croquet. The Croquet Association reports a 110 per cent rise in sales of croquet sets, along with a surge in inquiries from people wanting to join croquet clubs.  Meanwhile, John Lewis has apparently sold 600 per cent more croquet sets than … Read more

Babies glued to tablets or telly ‘could develop autism-like symptoms’, controversial study warns 

A controversial scientific study claims there is a link between how much a young child watches television and the likelihood of developing autism-like symptoms.   It found that one-year-old children who spend large portions of time looking at screens were more likely to show autism-like symptoms at two years of age.  Researchers from Drexel University in … Read more