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From pain killers to multivitamins, all our bathroom cabinets will be stuffed full of the blister packs that most tablets now come in....

I'm old enough to remember when pretty much all the milk we drank was delivered direct to your door. By the milk man, not as part of your...

I'm sure, like me, most people don't really understand the mechanics of Bitcoin. But something has surfaced recently that few have...

Some important advertising research came out at the end of last year, but it may have slipped under the festive radar. Lumen, working...

Until recently I knew very little about the company Swiss Re, aside from the fact they were the original owners of the Gherkin. And less...

Not all our achievements are something to be proud of. Nor is climate change the only anthropogenic environmental crisis we face....

Transitioning to new technology is never without downsides and teething troubles. And that's true even when the technology is as positive...

For most of us, if we know anything, our knowledge and understanding of esports probably doesn't get much beyond 'competitive video...

Second outing for Oz indie rockers Rolling Blackouts CF, with Sideways To New Italy (Sub Pop 'Loser Edition' on blue vinyl). Has a very...

As with many things in life, so with vaccines: what shouts loudest and grabs the headlines fastest isn't necessarily the best answer....

I didn't get on board with Ghostpoet (aka Obaro Ejimiwe) until his 4th album Dark Days + Canapés. That was great, and follow up I Grow...

Future planning is important. What are we going to eat this week? How will we emerge well from the Covid pandemic? What are we doing to...

To coincide with Black History Month, we have some new work out as part of our Create Not Hate initiative. Quick recap: CnH was founded...

The 3 Rs have been around for a long time now: reduce, reuse, recycle. Jack Johnson even wrote a song about them. But there is a strong...

Following on from their must-read Living Planet report, Our Planet: Too Big To Fail is a new documentary from WWF that's definitely worth...

Mid-90s Britpop meets mid-80s indie, in the cracking debut from Sports Team: Deep Down Happy. Some proper earworms too, especially Here's...

This is Juniper Hill school, at some point in the early to mid-70s (you can spot me if you know where to look). And it makes a strong...

Covid. Recession. Brexit. Three immediate challenges we should be concerned about, of that there is no debate. But each is dwarfed (and...

One of my finds of 2020 so far has to be Scottish post-punk-funk trio Shopping. What's such a surprise is that it's only with their 4th...

Create Not Hate is the brainchild of Quiet Storm founder and ECD Trevor Robinson. Reflecting Trev's own journey from a disadvantaged and...