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House & Home Wellbeing & Active Living Special 2026
How do homes hold the secret to a long and healthy life? We head to Blue Zones in Sardinia, speak to longevity doctors ‘diagnosing’ houses, gardeners working with dementia patients and farmers installing padel courts — and more
Sardinia has a longevity conundrum — can foreign residents help?
The island has the world’s first Blue Zone, but its formula for a long life cannot keep its young from leaving. And an influx of newcomers is complicating the landscape
