Are new words to describe holidays a clever marketing ploy, or a pointless waste of time? Some examples: • Staycations : Longer holidays • Weighcations : Diet holidays • Gaycations : Gay holidays • Neighcations : Horse-centric holidays Professor Brian Hay, Visiting Professor in the School of Arts, Social Sciences & Management at Queen Margaret […]
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Sombre seasonal spikes
For many, the Christmas and New Year period is traditionally seen as one of health and good cheer. A viewpoint perhaps now tempered slightly by the publication of a recent study by professor David Phillips along with colleagues Gwendolyn Barker and Kimberly Brewer from the University of California, San Diego and from UC Los Angeles. […]