When I bought my first electric car, I quickly realised that choosing and installing a home EV charger is as much about lifestyle and wiring as it is about price. You don't just want a socket on the wall — you want a setup that makes charging convenient, safe, and genuinely cheaper than running on petrol. In this guide I’ll walk you through how to pick the right charger, what to ask...
I’ve been watching friends, neighbours and readers sweat over rent letters that arrive with thinly veiled threats:...
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...
I ordered my first direct-to-consumer DNA kit out of curiosity: would my family stories about a great-grandfather from "somewhere in Eastern Europe" hold up? What I learned since then is that buying a genetic test—whether from 23andMe, AncestryDNA, MyHeritage, or another provider—is not just a...
Read more... →
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... →