Dark cherry 

Like a lot of ladies, I love to have a soak in the bath. It is such a very relaxing place to be. Lying there with a good novel and a cup of coffee (or a glass of wine in the evening) is a wonderful way of chilling out. You can lay back and forget all about your worries for a while. So when I came across this ‘Wireless Floating Speaker’, I knew it had been designed just Read the rest of this entry »

Last of The Summer Wine: is there anything quite as quintessentially British as this grand old TV show? I doubt it. I happen to be of the train of thought that this is a timeless classic, but alas some do not agree.

I was always going to be upset when I didn’t get to turn the TV on and see Compo’s ugly (yet strangely endearing) face. So how come some TV shows remain timeless, while others decompose quicker than Read the rest of this entry »

National Geographic is easily my favourite magazine from childhood–I adore science and nature so how could it not be?; most other magazines have changed, become modernized, sometimes beyond all recognition—but N.G. remains almost as it always has, and true as ever to its cause. One of the things I remember reading about when I was much younger was the coming of the bionic age and how it wasn’t too far away; now, in a recent issue, it seems that age Read the rest of this entry »

When I was fifteen, burdened by the contrast between the massive bewildering greatness and converse cruel terribleness of the world and its people, I decided to make a list: I called this list, ‘The Pet Hate List’. Word of this epic undertaking soon spread to friends on the other side of schools–in one case even endorsed by a popular ’hard-nut’–and one day, several weeks later, a friend who had no idea what he was in for challenged to me to Read the rest of this entry »