I’ve been watching friends, neighbours and readers sweat over rent letters that arrive with thinly veiled threats: “renew at this rate or we’ll seek new tenants.” With rents still rising across many parts of the UK, renewing a tenancy can feel like a pressure cooker. I’ve negotiated my own renewals and advised others — and I’ve found that a calm, evidence-based approach gets better...
I remember the first time I seriously compared the cost of a Tesla Model 3 with a petrol car: the headlines made EVs...
I ordered my first direct-to-consumer DNA kit out of curiosity: would my family stories about a great-grandfather from...
I remember the first time a planned medical procedure was cancelled on the day because of an administrative mix-up —...
I’ve spent months testing wearables in the name of sleep hygiene — wristbands that buzz, rings that measure...
When I evaluate a company claiming to be "sustainable," I try to look past the glossy sustainability report and the...
When I look out over a city, what I see most clearly is opportunity: the chance to turn everyday transport choices into...
I remember the first time a planned medical procedure was cancelled on the day because of an administrative mix-up — the surgeon was available, the theatre was booked, but my name had not been logged correctly. I felt anger, confusion and the immediate practical worry: what about time off work,...
Read more... →
I’ve spent months testing wearables in the name of sleep hygiene — wristbands that buzz, rings that measure temperature, headbands that play white noise — because like many of you I want better rest without having to visit a lab. What I learned is straightforward but easy to forget: some...
Read more... →
When I evaluate a company claiming to be "sustainable," I try to look past the glossy sustainability report and the Instagram-friendly images of wind turbines. Greenwashing is a real risk: firms can dress up ordinary business decisions as sustainability wins. As an editor who’s spent years...
Read more... →
When I look out over a city, what I see most clearly is opportunity: the chance to turn everyday transport choices into cleaner air for everyone. Reducing urban air pollution doesn't always require billion-pound projects or radical technological shifts. In my reporting and conversations with...
Read more... →
I’ve sat through more debates than I care to admit — late nights on the newsroom floor, livestream tabs open, notes piling up. Over time I learned to stop treating these exchanges as pure sport and start reading them like a diagnostic: what a candidate says, how they say it, and importantly,...
Read more... →
I started paying for my first subscription years ago—an easy $4.99 for a music app—and it felt like a bargain. Since then, subscriptions have crept into every corner of daily life: streaming video, meal kits, fitness apps, cloud storage, premium news, and even toothbrush refills. Alone each one...
Read more... →
I ordered a pair of headphones from a major retailer last month. The tracking page proudly declared the package "delivered" while my porch remained conspicuously empty. I opened a chat with customer service and waited—then waited some more. Automated replies kept me company while the “help”...
Read more... →
I get pitched bold AI claims all the time: “revolutionary model,” “human-level reasoning,” “orders-of-magnitude faster,” or “patent-pending breakthrough.” As an editor who covers tech and business, I've learned that the language around AI can be slippery. Startups mix real...
Read more... →
I first started paying attention to how asylum policy ripples through small towns when a local council meeting took a sharp turn from planning permissions to questions about food banks and school places. What looked at first like a dry debate about legal frameworks was, in reality, about people...
Read more... →
I remember the first time I put on an AR headset in a public square and felt something shift—not because the pavement changed, but because the atmosphere did. A mural that had always felt distant and static suddenly spoke in different languages. A dark alleyway glowed with wayfinding cues that...
Read more... →