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...combination of technique, pressure preparation training, and composure all add up to the Eastwood ideal of the gunslinger. He is the master of performance under pressure. The shoot-out king. Think of him next time you see an athlete facing down that pressure moment. The updated version of Twelve Yards is out now in paperback. Can you take the heat? Try our penalty game...

...think there is an irreconcilable tension between providing information with the aim of enabling people to make an informed choice, and telling people what they should do. Rather than trying to do both in a single announcement, perhaps future public health communications should clearly separate these two processes. Explaining a 1% lifetime risk I got a surprising amount of...

...think of three levels of engagement with nature: viewing nature (through window, book, television); being in the presence of nature (e.g. cycling through a park); active participation in nature (e.g. gardening, farming, trekking). Nature includes green spaces (vegetation) and ‘blue spaces’ referring to the visible surface waters of lakes, rivers and coastal water....

...think I’m a bad parent? What if my baby is taken away? What if my partner leaves? This fear can keep people silent at the very moment they need support the most. Mental health difficulties during pregnancy and the first two years after birth are far more common than many realise. The Royal College of Midwifery (2024) suggests that around one in four mothers experience...