IMPORTANT I am not medically qualified although I have spent all my adult life researching sleep, the contents of this website are based on my research, my experience, my reading of the relevant scientific and popular literature on the subject, a life-long interest in the subject of sleep and finally plain and simple common sense. The advice given is in no way intended to replace medical opinion and I must stress that if you are in any way concerned about your sleep, your child’s sleep or your partner’s sleep, then go and see your G.P. Is your foam or latex mattress/pillow killing you? Bedbugs Why do we sleep? The Military Method What is insomnia? What is the recommended treatment for insomnia? The importance of deep sleep How to make shift work tolerable? Pain and sleep 'Early to bed and early to rise makes and man healthy, wealthy and wise' 112 Sleep Tips Insomnia as Dread Insomnia sub-types Can anyone be a ‘sleep expert’? The real Sleep Experts Do I need to go to a sleep ‘spa’ Do I need to take magnesium to help me sleep? Should schools start later? Are you a back or side sleeper? Tossing and turning Sleep Position Paleo sleep, do I meed to sleep like a ‘caveman’? Snoring The 8hr Myth Siesta Do you need to ‘Ground’ or ‘earth’ your bed? Size really does matter The Japanese art of sleep Beauty Sleep The Sleep Room The future of sleep ‘Sleeping together’ or ‘Sleeping together’ Hotels and sleep Semisomnia Florence Nightingale on Sleep Robert Macnish and ‘The Philosophy of Sleep’ Was Napoleon a short sleeper? Thomas Dekker, many a true word spoken in jest Injured sleep - 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep How to create a ‘fake’ sleep tip Does blue light cause blindness? Bundling Historical Sleep Tips Daft Sleep Tips American Sleep Folklore Dali - Sleep and Creativity Sleep Facts Sleep Quotes Worldwide Sleep Tips Shattered (Channel 4) Cheese and dreams Don’t blame the mattress Was Margaret Thatcher really a short sleeper? The Polish way of sleeping The first blue light craze The curious life of James Wilson a.k.a The Sleep Geek