ethical gardening and green product reviews

When I write music reviews I’m often asked how I judge a new track. I usually answer that it is more to do with how the music makes me feel rather than having to slavishly agree with the pundits. I’m also happy not to join the flock and have my own views on good music [...]

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What influences your decision when you look at buying a new car? For me, I do like my gadgets. MP3 player docks, self balancing headlights and electric packs are the basics I look for. It may not be fashionable to admit that these features inform my eventual choice when there are arguably better things like [...]

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There’s nothing quite like an outdoor gig is there? Mp3s, CDs and vinyl is all very well but seeing your favourite band in public is, after all, the real thing. When it comes to a really big open air musical extravaganza for this year your thoughts will probably turn to Virgin’s very own V Festival [...]

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If I told you that there are some customs in other countries that would, say, involve dropping babies off buildings you would probably think I am nuts. Either that or we live in an odd, barbaric world where stereotypical ‘natives’ carry out atrocious inhuman acts. Well, believe it or not, there are some ridiculously dangerous [...]

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Food cravings are nothing new or unusual. Many men and women will go through periods in their life where hankerings for certain food groups become full blown binges. It’s when these binges become a regular occurrence that they are termed cravings. So if you think it only affects pregnant women you might be in for [...]

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Whilst planning a trip to America and going about the usual boring “must do’s” from the list, I got around to booking some transport through Florida Car Hire and as usual my mind deviated to the more fun aspects of going on holiday! I was thinking about a few of the touristy things I could [...]

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‘Let the memories begin’, barks the optimistic headline of the Disneyland website. Well, before you take your kids to one of these deservedly popular holiday resorts, you might want to think twice after reading this. ‘Discover the magic’, is another catchphrase bandied about and you need to keep your fingers crossed that this is all [...]

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I belong to that era where owning a wind-up toy car was part and parcel of childhood. Simple fun, perhaps, but it gave me an insight into mechanics and potential energy. A toy doesn’t have to be explicitly educational to teach. Today we are constantly bombarded with messages of ‘save the planet’ and how owning [...]

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It’s amazing to think that so many people can co-exist in one relatively small place. Consider the fact that the city of London has an estimated population of 7,700,000 people crammed in to 32 boroughs. It’s quite amazing that people manage to live quite happily there. Although one thing’s for sure, I never consider any [...]

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Film festivals are the shop front for independent film makers and many now have such a name and cache that the big movie houses get in on the act too. From cheap and cheerful homegrown to genre specific to indie – there are literally hundreds of festivals to choose from across the globe. So if [...]

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