Food

Cooking cold – with ‘The World’s Strongest Librarian’

Josh Hanagarne, aka The World’s Strongest Librarian has Tourette’s Syndrome. We asked him to tell us about the challenges that living with Tourette's presents, if you aspire to a make and mend lifestyle. Here's what he told us: The ...

How to get the most from your New Year Resolutions

We are now into the third week of January, so hands up those who've already fallen off their New Year Resolution wagons? Don’t worry if you have - you're not alone. By now it's highly likely that your New Year Resolutions are a dim and ...

Janet Street-Porter shows us her way – win the book!

Janet-Street Porter shares her tips for sustainable living with her modern take on thrift, well being, modern manners and self-sufficiency

Role models

Car and chips – is old oil the new fuel?

Ed Laver, 21, has taken the phrase ‘chips with everything’ to a new level and converted his car to run on used cooking oil, which he collects from local fish and chip shops. Now he plans to market his conversion kits commercially. ...

Well-being

Anti-allergenic, antiseptic, expectorant – what more do you want!

Garlic honey is an incredibly versatile medicine you can make from just two items in your larder. By Frances Walker BA (Hons) Oxon, BSc (Hons), MBHMA, MNIMH At first sight, the thought of steeping garlic in honey may seem ...

Food

Hugh’s Fearnley-Whittingstall’s book and his love of packed lunches

Award winning writer, broadcaster, food campaigner and restaurant owner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall talks about food, why making his wife’s packed lunch is so important and reveals he was a picky eater as a child. Guess what his ...

10 top tips for banishing Christmas stress

Christmas can be a time of major stress for some people. Families are brought together and spend hours cooped up in a small enclosed space (even the largest living room seems small with an irritating relative in it).  Issues that have ...

The psychology of gift giving and why home made presents are best

We are getting close to Christmas and it seems that the present shopping is gathering a storm. We might be in a recession, but it doesn’t seem to be stopping the Christmas shopping frenzy. But is shopping the only way to celebrate ...