Dominic Bliss

London

Journalist and Editor at Freelance

Journalist, editor & copywriter. Author at @HarperCollins & @dkbooks. Biographer @TheQuartoGroup. ([email protected])

Articles

The 1 thing David Attenborough says can save the planet but it must happen now

2 weeks ago | express.co.uk | Dominic Bliss

David Attenborough issues stark warning about the use of trawlers that are destroying the sea bed (Image: National Geographic UK)Don MacNeish, a conservationist who has been diving for years off the Isle of Aran in Scotland, was truly shocked. For the first time, he was seeing the devastating effect on the once-pristine seabed of the little-known, but immensely destructive fishing practice of bottom trawling.
The Beatles without THESE people simply might not have been The Beatles

3 weeks ago | express.co.uk | Dominic Bliss

The Beatles in 1963 when they were blazing a trail (Image: Popperfoto via Getty)When Stuart Maconie was a toddler, his mother took him to see the Beatles perform at the ABC cinema in Wigan. It was October 1964, two days before Harold Wilson narrowly won the general election and the beginning of John, Paul, George and Ringo’s meteoric rise to global stardom.
Cet homme se laisse mordre par des serpents au nom de la science

4 weeks ago | nationalgeographic.fr | Dominic Bliss

Pour créer un antivenin universel destiné à sauver les humains des morsures de serpents dans le monde entier, un immunologiste s'est allié avec un homme qui a volontairement reçu des centaines de doses de venins mortels. Tim Friede a été mordu par des serpents venimeux à plus de 200 reprises et, presque à chaque fois, il l’a voulu.
The seven health benefits of a daily walk

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Dominic Bliss

“Ten thousand steps a day.” It has become almost a religious mantra for anyone embarking on walking as an exercise routine. But you don’t need to adhere to this to feel the benefits of getting outside and stretching your legs. And this magic number has less scientific value than you’d think. It dates back to a Japanese marketing campaign from the 1960s designed to promote a commercial pedometer – and for some reason it has stuck, making us feel guilty for not hitting this made-up target ever since.
Real reason we all mind the Sycamore Gap tree felling

1 month ago | express.co.uk | Dominic Bliss

The Sycamore Gap tree that was felled in September 2023 damaging Hadrian's Wall (Image: Getty Images)It’s not wise to come between British people and their woodland. A recent survey discovered that we feel closer to our trees than we do our neighbours. For evidence of this you only have to look at the public outrage after the Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland was illegally chopped down in September 2023. Tens of thousands of messages condemning the act were shared online in the aftermath.
the battle for the new middle class favourite sport

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Dominic Bliss

Both easy to play and with a popular social scene, these rising racket sports are giving tennis and golf a run for their moneyOn a bright spring morning at Foxhills country club in Surrey, the padel and pickleball courts echo with the sound of balls popping off rackets. There are 12 players spread across the three padel courts - some complete beginners, others more proficient - while on the adjoining pickleball courts a handful of kids, off school for the Easter holidays, are practising keenly.
We struggled with drugs and alcohol. Now we're ketamine therapists

2 months ago | telegraph.co.uk | Dominic Bliss

Meet the couple treating people for depression with a drug that many celebrities, including Elon Musk, swear byThe lock box with ketamine inside is the size of a box of tissues, large enough to hold several lozenges of the dissociative anesthetic drug, but small enough to fit in a handbag. It's designed so patients undergoing ketamine therapy at the Silva Wellness centre in Farringdon, London, cannot unlock it themselves.
How to get fit like a London firefighter

2 months ago | mensfitness.co.uk | Dominic Bliss

PIC CREDIT: Kay ZiebaLondon’s firefighters regularly face gruelling ordeals like this. But before joining the service they must undertake various tests: as well as a medical exam, an eye test, an interview and written tests, they must pass a fitness test with seven separate challenges. (See box for details.) While these challenges aren’t extraordinarily taxing, they are designed to root out anyone without the basic skills required for the job.
Ethical leaders: GrowUp Farms

2 months ago | camagazine.icas.com | Dominic Bliss

Vertical farming means year-round salad leaves, grown with renewable energy and no pesticides.Small wonder Doug Meikle CA and Emily Willis CA are so enthused about working for GrowUp Farms. They tell Dominic Bliss about new investment, technical marvels and being the most popular people at parties When GrowUp Farms launched, just over 10 years ago, it was growing small batches of leafy greens in a glasshouse on top of a shipping container in Beckton, east London.
On Piste Patrol in the French Alps

2 months ago | francetoday.com | Dominic Bliss |Chris Allsop

Meet some of the piste workers in Les Sept Laux, who keep the popular ski resort running smoothly. Steph Chetoux has quite the arsenal of weapons at his disposal. At any one time, locked in a huge metal box at the top of the mountain, this ski patroller might have between 200kg and 300kg of ammonium nitrate explosives.