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Some people adore bargains, promotions, and cut-price items. They are the ones who always forage out reduced clothing and food, collect coupons and loyalty points with great care, and are at the front of the queue to bag items on Black Friday. Now a new study has found that such deal-prone bargain-hunting may be more...

The battle rages:  just where IS the best place to store your ground coffee? Sainsburys, Morrisons, Asda, Marks & Spencer and Ocado are among the supermarkets that advise you keep fresh ground coffee in a fridge or freezer after opening. But Tesco, Waitrose and Harrods advise that you store ground coffee and beans in a...

Could you live happily without the BBC?   Just try it for two weeks. That was the recent challenge of the corporation’s outgoing chairman, Sir David Clementi, to a group of critics who said they resented the licence fee. Apparently, nine days later, two thirds of the critics had changed their mind and said that the...

Think twice before you knock down internal walls in your house and move over to open-plan living. If you are married, it does not lead to happiness. So says Sarah Beeney, the TV property presenter.  She points out that open-plan living means that “you cannot shut a door” after rowing with your partner. The star,...

Nobody likes to throw food away, but if you ignore the use by dates and go by smell alone, you can risk serious illness. So warns the Food Standards Agency. In a recent study, the regulator found that half of us do not always check use-by dates. Many of us still smell the milk to...

Lessons of Lockdown The good news about your forgetfulness In praise of the afternoon nap We are reading more books Thank God for dentists The pain of Covid on our youngsters Give your house an M.O.T. Chocolate – food of the gods! Easter Story Biscuits for young children Mars Bar Cake ** Lessons of Lockdown...

This past year may have altered your perspective on life.  Some of the following statements may be worth thinking about…. Life is precarious A nurse is worth more than a professional footballer Spare time isn’t a waste of time A smile is precious Being alone isn’t the same as loneliness Hard work doesn’t guarantee employment...

You know the scenario – you go into the lounge, and then wonder what you wanted. Or you need to make a phone call but can’t find the phone. You go to the cash point and forget your pin number.  Or your car keys are lost in the kitchen, but even when you find them...

A short nap in the afternoon improves your memory and keeps your brain more agile. People who nap tend to speak more fluently, have greater mental agility, and remember things better than those who do not break up their day with sleep. Even a five-minute nap can offer your brain a chance to down-time and...

More than 200 million print books were sold in the UK last year, according to an estimate from the official book sales monitor Nielsen BookScan. It was the first time since 2012 that the volume of physical books sold has exceeded 200million, and it was the biggest volume rise in the books market since 2007,...

Here is something gruesome: last year the sale of DIY dentistry first aid kits nearly doubled. People actually attempted to give themselves lost fillings, caps and crowns. Most popular were products that offered ‘long-lasting’ temporary repair for caps and fillings, and a first aid kit. The British Dental Association understands why; because of lockdown, there...

Five pupils in every classroom are now reckoned to be in need of some clinical support, due to lockdown mental health deterioration. A recent study by Cambridge University has found that the number of youngsters with mental health problems has increased from one in nine in 2017 to one in six in 2020. Another by...