Category Archives: Sleep in Culture

Sleepio teams up with Channel 4’s Food Hospital

November 15th, 2011 | 6 Comments

Channel 4’s new series, ‘The Food Hospital’ focuses on “using food as medicine” and we are proud to have been involved in the episode dealing with insomnia. As part of the series, the ‘Big Food Trial’ looks into the possible effects of food on medical conditions with a series of nationwide experiments... Read on ›

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Sleep is the secret to success

January 23rd, 2011 | 2 Comments

Famed journalist Arianna Huffington (co-founder of The Huffington Post news website) has revealed her secret to success.  And it’s more simple than you would think – sleep! In a recent speech at a TEDWomen event, Arianna spoke of the time she fainted from exhaustion and hit her desk on the way... Read on ›

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Married people miss out on 730 hours of sleep each year!

November 17th, 2010 | No Comments

Yep, that’s how much sleep you are potentially missing out on if you’re married! According to a recent study, husbands and wives are deprived of about two hours of sleep every night because of their partner’s tossing, turning and nighttime noises. Two hours a night doesn’t sound that bad, but it sure... Read on ›

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People spend as much time using media as sleeping!

November 15th, 2010 | No Comments

There never seems to be enough hours in the day to get everything done…probably because the majority of us spend half our waking hours connecting with media! A recent study by media research agency Ipsus OXT showed that our daily media usage has grown by 40 minutes each year since 2008... Read on ›

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What happens to Katy Perry when she’s tired?

November 11th, 2010 | No Comments

Lack of sleep affects us all in different ways.  Some people get emotional, some people turn into blank-eyed, monosyllabic zombies.  And Katy Perry, well she’s just a bitch… “If I don’t get eight hours of sleep a night, I’m a bitch,” Katy recently said in an interview. Thanks for sharing, Katy.  For... Read on ›

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It happens to the best of us…

October 29th, 2010 | No Comments

>> Check out the blog where we sourced this image (The name of the blog contains swearing…don’t say we didn’t warn you!)

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Struggling to sleep? Listen to Coldplay

October 27th, 2010 | No Comments

If you like to listen to music to help you fall asleep at night, you need to go out and buy all of Coldplay’s albums today. According to a survey of 6000 Britons by hotel chain Travelodge, the “monotonous, meditative melodies” of Chris Martin are the nation’s favourite way to get... Read on ›

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Crazy guy stays awake for 40 days!

October 25th, 2010 | No Comments

Crazy really is the only word we have to describe US photographer Tyler Shields, who claims he has just stayed awake for 40 days straight! There’s not a whole lot of information (or evidence for that matter) on Tyler’s epic quest, but apparently the LA based photographer skipped out on sleep... Read on ›

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Rescued Chilean miners – looking forward to sleeping in their own beds?

October 13th, 2010 | No Comments

The big news of the day today is the rescue of the Chilean miners.  After 69 days stuck underground, the group of 33 miners are being rescued one by one from the mine as we type…pale and weary but surprisingly healthy considering their ordeal. And just as you would expect, it’s... Read on ›

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A play that will (intentionally) put you to sleep

October 10th, 2010 | No Comments

Sure, a play that sends the audience to sleep is not unique (we won’t name names!), but what about one that is intentionally snooze-inducing? This is the idea behind the play Lullaby, which will be running in June and July 2011 in London. For £66 pounds, audience members get a comfy bed... Read on ›

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