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What Is Aquafaba?

Think of all those cans of cooked beans you use in everyday life. I expect like me you usually just drain the gloopy liquid off down the sink. But this is the magical Aquafaba; available by simply draining a can of chickpeas (chickpea water works best). Once you’ve proved to yourself how amazing it is […]

E-Bikes – What are they?

An Electric Bike, more commonly known as an E-Bike, provides a motor assisted ride. It comprises a conventional bike frame, plus motor and battery. To differentiate it from a motorbike, the motor on an e-bike can only be a maximum of 250W which can assist you up to around 15 mph. As such it cannot […]

Interview the expert

JOHN HEYS, Careers Counsellor Extraordinaire! 1. So John, please share with everyone a bit of yourself, so we can all get a flavour of your background and how that has translated to you being able to help people with their own careers? I’ve been successful in helping my clients make positive and accurate career and […]

Financial Life Laundry

One day it occurred to me that if I live to 100 years old or beyond, I really needed to work out if I have enough money saved to sustain my current lifestyle. I keep listening to the news, wondering how bad things will get for us all whilst, of course, hoping for the best. […]

The Taj Mahal

I recently spent an extended stay in India and I couldn’t resist travelling to Agra to visit one of the most famous buildings in the world, the Taj Mahal. 21st Dec 2017 Today we visited the Taj Mahal…. well who wouldn’t whilst in India? Sadly its surrounded by a stream of souvenir shops with street […]

Interview the expert

DR SEAN LANIGAN, Consultant Dermatologist MD FRCP DCH Dr Lanigan is a Regional Medical Director and Co-Founder of the Medical Standards Committee at sk:n limited. Sk:n has 48 clinics and is the largest provider of aesthetic laser treatments throughout the UK. Dr Lanigan was President of the British Cosmetic Dermatology Group of the British Association […]

The Origins Of Perfumery

On a trip to Pompeii in 2000 I visited the restored Perfumers House within the ruins of Ancient Pompeii where they had lovingly recreated perfumes based on residues found in bottles on the site near Naples, using the same methods used circa AD 79. The Rose Perfume I purchased there forever remains my favourite scent. […]