Keith Adams
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1,358 appearances
10 recordings
3 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 6 Sep
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I think so.
And I think that's what Helen's been referring to, just spending that time or more time in downtime.
I actually did an experiment around my University of Central Lancashire where we got people off the street to a sensory deprived room without any phones, with nothing to look at, soundproof.
And we wanted to see what would happen to them.
And those that agreed to do it reported that at the start, they found it really stressful, really frustrating.
They were agitated.
They couldn't stand it.
And some of them kind of begged to be let out.
But those of them that managed to get through that kind of pain threshold found that they became actually relaxed and they got into it and they came out feeling that it was like a warm bath or a bit of respite.
So it's training yourself to just be in the moment, what Helen called mindfulness, but not needing constant levels of stimulation.
I think rather than feeling we have to be productive all the time.
So giving ourselves a bit of a break is always helpful, I think.
Helen Russell and Dr Sandy Mann speaking to Sarah Montagu about the hidden virtues of boredom.
Finally, a name to remember.
In the space of just eight months, the British pop singer Skye Newman has had a meteoric rise.
She's toured with Ed Sheeran and Lewis Capaldi, made her Glastonbury debut and she scored her first top ten single.
Now she adds another accolade to her collection by winning the BBC's Sound of 2026, which predicts the year's biggest new stars.
Our music correspondent, Mark Savage, went to meet her.
You only want me when you need me Sky Newman burst onto the charts with her debut single last April.
Within a month, she was drawing huge festival crowds.
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