Lifting the mood

Afternoon all, Imagine the scene. It’s cold outside, there’s no kind of atmosphere, you’re all alone, more or less. OK, stop singing. The point is, it’s nippy out and you’re feeling down. What’s going to perk you up? The answer may surprise you - go out in that blistering cold. Although warm weather lifts the mood somewhat, it may be being outside that really enhances the mood. That’s irrespective of the temperature. Our moods may not be as dependent on good weather as we think. Instead, we feel better after a bit of fresh air and open spaces. Still, that warm fire is so inviting. Does cold weather sometimes feel worse than it is? Chinese people are annoyed with the British. The British are, largely, unaware of this. That's even though something has been rankling China for more than 150 years. The British, you see, destroyed the country’s most beautiful palace. Before it was destroyed, the army looted it, taking away bronze zodiac animal heads and other art. And that is why it keeps coming up - as the loot is still sitting in private collections. Even a recent Jackie Chan film involves him attempting to recover a set of carved animal heads from evil western collectors. Palace of shame This is what Andy Murray's fiancee Kim Sears wore during the Australian Open final.

It made us think about the hijacking of the logo. It was meant to make parents aware of explicit lyrics. But kids wanted to buy the albums because they had the sticker on. The campaign kind of backfired because bands would add in extra swearing just to get the sticker. A slight hijacking of a logo

... here are some articles we published over the weekend Does technology make people touch each other less? The Swedish Schindler who disappeared Ireland's heroine who had sex in her baby's tomb Do British dairy farmers really make a loss on milk?

Meanwhile A Dutch company is selling ‘stylish’ bullet-proof clothes A vlogger with cerebral palsy is rather bored with people being shocked she likes fashion A 30 second advert during #SuperBowl cost $150k per second

That's it from us today.