We have been very busy over the last few months finalising our new range and we are very excited to share it all with you.  Our new website is launching on 31st March that should make your shopping experience easier and quicker.  Some of you may remember our survey...

Many of you won’t know what it’s like to live in an inflationary economy.  We have become used to low inflation and low interest rates.  But the annual inflation rate in the UK edged higher to 5.5% in January 2022, the highest reading since March 1992 almost 30 years...

As March approaches, it’s time to start thinking about giving our homes a good spring clean. Over the winter dust, dirt and grime can build up around our homes which needs to be removed. There is nothing better than going into the new season with a fresh and clean...

New research has confirmed that the virulent Omicron variant can last 8 days on plastic and 21 hours on skin. What do these statistics mean and will we have a greater chance of catching COVID-19 from surfaces? Picture Courtesy - Medakit Ltd Can you catch Covid from...

Image Courtesy: Sandy Millar Pesticides are less than a century old but they have had a mighty impact on the way we grow food.  During the Second World War, the insecticide DDT and the herbicide 2-4-D were developed. Since then, farmers have been using a growing list...

Winter and early spring are times when we want to huddle indoors away from the cold and windy weather outside. But human hibernation comes at a cost: when all our windows remain closed, air becomes stale and condensation from heating, cooking, washing and drying all...

Wild swimming or just ‘swimming’ or ‘bathing’ outdoors has a long history.  In the early 19th century, the romantic poets Keats, Coleridge & Byron indulged in ‘hydromania’ (an obsession with sea bathing), mainly for the health benefits.  Today, swimming in the...

Image Courtesy - Erik Dungan If you live near the coast, a lake or river, you may have noticed some unlikely visitors recently. And we’re not talking about wildlife – we’re talking about wild swimmers. Often donning bright swimwear, bobble hats and accompanied by...

What is Provenance? Provenance is the history of the ownership and transmission of an object. The term comes to us from the art world, where provenance includes the auction houses, dealers, or galleries that have sold an item, the private or institutional collections...

The damp, cool weather we experience in the UK in winter is ideal for the formation of mould.  We have all seem it – the black goo that forms around cold window frames and covers walls near showers or tumble driers.  There is also that musty smell we can recognise...