True colours

...of singing well, so Judi Spiers decided to push herself out of her comfort zone and attend an Abba retreat!

Music cannot work a magic spell. It can, however, do wonderful things. In recent issues of BBC Music Magazine, we have explored the benefits to mental health of listening and playing music, not least

Are you in a slump? Perhaps you want to freshen up your look or you’d like to address decades old problems of debt or toxic relationships. Instead of endlessly procrastinating or worrying unnecessaril

You have the universe in your hair and the stars on your brow. I would wrap you up in heaven’s rainbow cloak, But I am a poor man. My only currency is hope. You are like an orchard abundant with fruit

After a terrifying diagnosis, my family and friends stepped up in the most incredible way.

As a teenager my life was pretty tumultuous. At 16, I had fallen madly in love with a boy my parents deeply disapproved of, and it was a real tussle for freedom and control. I’d started being naughty