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So it’s been a while, but it’s not my fault. I was in Swaziland, where my mother lives happily in a beautiful spot, but unhappily 2km short of the radius that would give her access to broadband. I had a good time there, quiet and lively as always – quiet because not much happens (good [...]

Love chocolate? Terrified of calories? Fear not: now Harvard scientists have come up with a chocolate whiffer that allows you to inhale the taste of chocolate to your heart’s delight, and never worry about the evil stuff passing your lips and ending on your hips. It’s true: Says inventor David Edwards: “Over the centuries we’ve [...]

This bun likes to play games. This is a really cross hot bun. These buns just don’t get it. And these buns show you what happens when you forget to slash crosses to let the demons out!

We might still be wearing shorts and sandals, but it becomes cleverer by the day to carry an extra layer with you, just in case. (Of course some of us are clever in that way all year round – or paranoid). Mornings are darker, and when the sun does announce itself, it comes with an [...]

So I’m sitting here pretending to work, but really scheming about what to make for dinner, and I end up reading a recipe on MaverickEats for pasta with sardines and goat’s cheese (how I got there is one of the great things about interwebbing and social networking – I’m mentally scanning through what’s in the [...]