After being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Antonia Okonma Shittu turned her childhood love of styling hair into a wig business that now counts high-profile clients among its customers. Despite ongoing health challenges, she has built a successful company and wants to encourage other women to start.
Shakespeare's Globe in London has opened a new Research and Collections Centre with a public library and archive holding more than 6,000 books and the theatre's own records of past productions. Entry is free, with a foyer hosting free temporary exhibitions for visitors who are not researching.
A community garden in Ilford is described as flourishing, and local people are invited to dig in and get involved.
Researchers at King's College London found that urolithin A, a compound the body makes after eating foods like pomegranates and walnuts, may help treat a common type of heart failure. In animal and laboratory tests it improved heart relaxation and reduced scarring, and the work was funded by the British Heart Foundation. The team stressed that people should not eat pomegranates to treat heart failure yet, but the findings open the door to new treatments.
The UK government has decided that its 14 national museums, including the National Gallery and the British Museum, will stay free for international visitors as well as domestic ones. The choice followed months of discussion and a review that had suggested charging overseas visitors. London's mayor welcomed the decision as a way to keep culture open to everyone.
