The best way to get something clean? Wash it, of course, using good ol’ fashioned soap and water.

Well, most of the time.

You might have noticed that some stains, especially the really greasy ones, stubbornly persist — despite your best efforts. Some garments are just too delicate for a…

If you’ve ever smelt it, you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about: sulfurous, cabbagey, some even describe it as ‘skunk like’. For some of us, ‘asparagus pee’ seems to be a rather unfortunate and unavoidable consequence of consuming this delicious vegetable.

So yes, I’m one of those lucky (?) human…

Fantastic plastic?

Try to imagine your life without plastic, go on, just for a second.

I’ll try it now: I couldn’t type (plastic keyboard), sit (plastic chair), listen to music (headphones). Heck, even my glasses frames are made from the stuff too, so I wouldn’t be able to see either.

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Here in the northern hemisphere, the nights are drawing in, frost now lingers in the morning, and the sun’s rays, although golden still, are only weak reminders of the summer season now passed.

I love autumn. I love the colours and the crisp feeling of leaves under my feet. As…

Things are pretty busy chez-moi currently — our wedding is just on the horizon, and after two years of waiting, suddenly, it’s all go-go-go.

With so many exciting things to plan and organise, it can be difficult to find a space to slow down, to decompress. One of my favourite…

Is there anything like an icy cold glass of something fizzy on a sultry summers day?

‘Everyday me’ is pretty well behaved: I hydrate through the day by drinking still water and tea — not very exciting, but my dentist seems pretty happy with the situation.

But en vacances? You’ll…

One of the things I love most about gardening is buying seeds. …

What comes to mind if I say ‘protein’? Weightlifters? Protein shakes? Or, perhaps, if you remember your biochemistry from High School, you might have in your mind some sort of ‘blobby’ molecule made up of smaller units, called ‘amino acids’.