Alistair Jones

1 week ago | phys.org | Alistair Jones |Gaby Clark |Robert Egan

Imagine waking up in a foreign country where you do not speak the language and have no understanding of social etiquette, much less the norms or expectations for engaging with others. This would surely be stressful. In fact, extensive research has found that people do experience stress when interacting with individuals from backgrounds that are different from their own.

3 weeks ago | pcgamer.com | Alistair Jones

The ThunderX3 Flex Pro is a strange chair, mostly because I'm not entirely sure it knows what it wants to be. A professional-looking chair with few frills, it's at its best not when you're sitting bolt upright concentrating on a meeting or working diligently at your keyboard, but when you're almost dangerously reclined, gamepad in hand as you relax at your desk. The flexibility to allow you to switch between those two approaches is one of the Thunder X3 Flex Pro's biggest selling points.

1 month ago | leicester.news | Alistair Jones

Reform UK has successfully defeated candidates from all the major parties in Leicestershire. The final elections to Leicestershire County Council saw the largest change in representation since the city and Rutland were made unitary authorities on 1 April 1997. The Conservative party, which had run the county council since then, took their heaviest beating, losing 27 seats. Like the first elections to the new county council, the result is no overall control.

1 month ago | racingpost.com | Alistair Jones

The first Classic of the Flat season is upon us with the Betfred 2,000 Guineas taking place at Newmarket on Saturday (3.35) and we've taken a look at previous runnings and picked out the key factors to help you find the winner.

1 month ago | racingpost.com | Alistair Jones

One week on from the Randox Grand National at Aintree, the Scottish equivalent takes place at Ayr with Willie Mullins set to have a strong hand as he chases a second British trainers' championship. We've taken a look at previous runnings and picked out the key factors to help you find the winner.