Buying a house is a major moment, whether it’s the first purchase you’ve made or the 21st. It’s true that the procedure becomes easier as your familiarity with it grows, but where that home is, what’s going on around it and how it compares with other places you had your eye on remain vital elements… Continue reading
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Duke gastropub gains high praise for serving sustainable fish
How often to customers in pubs and restaurants, when ordering fish, make their choice according to the sustainability of that particular species? How many decide not to ask for fish at all because the menu doesn’t tell them where it came from, and the serving staff can’t advise them either? The answer to both questions… Continue reading →
New deal lets electric cars run on 100% green energy
Another argument against the electric car is about to fall. It’s the “Ah, but electric cars are just as polluting because they use electricity from dirty old coal fired power stations” criticism. True, up to a point. Although detractors forget that electric cars don’t emit any noxious gases, so are clean at the roadside. But… Continue reading →
Will Waitrose’s sustainable fish pledge be a catch with customers?
A new Waitrose opened in our local town of August 8, and we shall be going there in future for all our fish. I don’t mean to make light of the efforts the other local supermarkets have put into selling fish from sustainable sources, but Waitrose has made a commitment that, by the end of… Continue reading →
Cool lighting – How the Philips Hue LED made it to the Apple store
Apple stores are some of the most enticing retail outlets in the High Street and shopping mall. They sell what is surely the world’s most seductive range of technological items affordable by the general public. You may just like to wander in for the cheerful white light buzz, or for the infectious enthusiasm of so… Continue reading →
Will a new Leaf turn Nissan’s fortunes in 2013?
Nissan launched its all-electric LEAF three years ago today in London. I was there, and I shared the general feeling of optimism. That brave new dawn turned into a very dingy dusk, punctuated by long periods of darkness. The range anxiety skeptics prevailed, and sales figures were beyond sluggish. Since 2009 fewer than 4000 electric cars,… Continue reading →