6 h. ago Expert reveals 6 crucial steps to get some sleep while camping at a festival

It's one of the biggest issues festival-goers face - the loud noise and lack of comfort usually leads to a bad night's sleep, but one expert says it doesn't have to be that way

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45 h. ago Should you let your pets sleep on the bed? Experts say it’s not that simple

Lots of pet owners let their animals sleep on their bed, even though it's probably disturbing their sleep

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47 h. ago Should you let your pets sleep on the bed? Does it even matter what the experts say?

Lots of pet owners let their animals sleep on their bed, even though it's probably disturbing their sleep

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3 d. ago Sleep expert explains how to actually get some rest at a festival

It is possible to wake up feeling rested after a festival night, experts say

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1 week ago Best mouth tape: Improve sleep with expert advice on nasal breathing

Should you use it? The experts are divided

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1 week ago 11 best bedding sets 2025, tested by an expert for the prefect night’s sleep

Snuggle up in style and comfort with this range of dreamy duvet covers

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1 week ago What is lettuce water and can it really help you sleep? Expert debunks viral sleep trend

Influencers claim the viral bedtime drink can help with sleep 😴

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3 w. ago 11 best mattresses, tried and tested by The Independent’s sleep expert

Looking for a new mattress? I’ve slept on the best mattresses for back, side and front sleepers from Simba, Nectar and more

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3 w. ago Scientists reveal why you should NEVER hit the snooze button

Using the snooze function on an alarm clock is a common practice, a study has found, even though it isn't recommended by sleep experts.

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3 w. ago Sleep experts say we should be washing bed sheets more than we think

The average person spends nearly a third of their life sleeping, so the importance of washing bed sheets regularly for good sleep hygiene is clear

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3 w. ago Experts pinpoint number of hours of sleep that could raise risk of dementia

We have all been warned about the dangers of not getting enough sleep, but getting too much sleep can also put our brain health at risk, new research shows.

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last month Water in the Desert Fire in the Night by Gethan Dick review – hope at the end of the world

An evocative debut charts the journey of a group of travellers as they seek refuge in the wake of an unstoppable pandemicGethan Dick’s dystopia begins at Elephant and Castle in London. The narrator, a young woman who considers herself unexceptional, recalls a break in a water main at the big roundabout, a rupture that revealed “white quartz pebbles being washed clean, rattling as they went like in any stream bed”. The surfaces we have built on the face of the Earth to sustain us are just that, only surfaces, easily cracked open to show what’s roiling beneath.And this is how it is at the end of the world in Water in the Desert Fire in the Night. The setup for this slender, evocative debut will be eerily familiar to all its readers, albeit with the disaster quotient kicked up a notch. A pandemic arises and begins its cull, only this one is unstoppable: it results in whole streets full of the dead. Those who survive – and we don’t know why they do – must stick together, and so thi...

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