Reader's Digest UK - April 2022

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The Australian funnyman behind Dame Edna Everage, Barry Humphries, looks back on his remarkable career and life

We chat to one of the greatest actors of all time, Denzel Washington, about Shakespeare, mortality and his mother

The new promise of stem cell cures: how incredible medical breakthroughs are pointing to a revolution in healthcare

Beware the anti-climax: learn all about the unexpected side effect of achieving your goals, known as arrival fallacy

What to do with a dead body? Forget traditional burials. Death now has many faces, from becoming fireworks, to floating off in a bubble

Model Behaviour

This month Olly Mann finds himself taken aback by his sons' niche interest...

4 mins

Denzel Washington - I've Only Got So Much Time Left

He's the best actor of his generation and starring in Macbeth—so why is he calling up directors and asking for work?

6 mins

I REMEMBER... Barry Humphries

Creator of housewife megastar, Dame Edna Everage, and cultural attaché, Sir Les Patterson, Barry Humphries, 88, will soon embark on a nationwide one-man tour... as himself. Here, he recalls a life crowded with a succession of eye-popping episodes

6 mins

The Promise of Stem Cells

Breakthroughs are pointing to a revolution in healthcare

9 mins

Beware The Anti-Climax

How to handle the unexpected downside of achieving your goals

6 mins

My Britain: Chester

Close to the English/ Welsh border, the walled cathedral city of Chester was founded as a Roman fort back in 79 AD.

3 mins

I Survived!

When faced with certain death, it takes bravery, determination, and plenty of luck. These people lived to tell their stories

9 mins

Only two monks know the full recipe for Chartreuse, and it remains frozen in time

WHEN THE WORLD went into lockdown, for the monks of Chartreuse it was simply another tick on their 938-year record of self-imposed isolation.

6 mins

World Kitchen Taiwan Beef noodle soup

Spicy beef noodle soup is the ultimate Taiwanese comfort food, which you'll find everywhere across this beautiful island country: restaurants, night markets and food courts. It's a symphony of spicy, savoury, fresh and salty notes that really hits the mark when you want to impress your dinner guests with something intricate and unusual, or when you're just in the mood for spending some time in the kitchen and putting your knives and chopping boards to good use.

1 min

State Of The Art: Danielle Dean

Multi-disciplinary artist Danielle Dean on her latest project, “Amazon”

2 mins

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