Look South Column

Reasons to be cheerful

“smile!” by seanbjack is licensed with CC BY-ND 2.0.

According to Dr Arnall, of the University of Cardiff, January 24 is the most depressing day of the year, if you live in the northern hemisphere. He supports his claim, not by speculation or anecdote, but through science, and he has an equation to prove it. His model breaks down as: (W + (D-d)) x TQ divided by M x NA, where W is weather, D debt, d monthly salary, T time since Christmas, Q time…