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Lockdown is challenging, to say the least – even if we’re fortunate enough to be physically healthy, being cooped up with our nearest and dearest can impact psychological wellbeing. But while you’re working from home or on furlough, you might find yourself with more spare time than usual, and this […]
Films demonstrating the positive benefits of gardens to health and wellbeing launched by Rachel de Thame for the National Garden Scheme. The campaign is led by gardening broadcaster and National Garden Scheme Ambassador, Rachel de Thame, with a film telling how her garden was crucial during 2018 and 2019 when she was diagnosed with […]
Fears of chaos after weeks of lockdown After weeks of lockdown and social distancing, many councils are reopening local household waste recycling centres to the public, and there are fears that it could lead to chaos. Many people have been waiting for tips to reopen, and they’ve created mounds of […]
Coronavirus has caused a significant impact on the way consumers shop and make payments. With social distancing rules in place, many of them have embraced contactless payments and digital wallets as a safer way to manage their money. According to data gathered by AksjeBloggen, the global digital payments market is […]
Many of us wish for more spare time on a daily basis, but nobody wanted – or expected – their spare time to come in the form of a worldwide pandemic that leaves them housebound. Nevertheless, here we are. All the time in the world without the luxuries of friends, […]
Whilst buying a new car may be pretty low-down on your lockdown to-do list, the discounts on offer currently with car dealers may actually mean that now could be a great time to buy your next car. Here’s why: The government has updated lockdown guidance for car dealersThe government has recently […]
Retailers reported a steep drop in sales in the year to April – matching the decline in December 2008, marking the joint sharpest fall since the survey began in July 1983. The CBI’s monthly Distributive Trades Survey (conducted between 27 March 2020 and 15 April 2020) reveals that retailers expect […]
A chance sighting of classmate Ian Brown’s car on the M40 motorway leads to Si fulfilling one of his boyhood dreams: to play drums at Wembley Stadium, with his latest band, The G.O.D. The Stone Roses had just reformed and Ian offered Si the gig as a birthday present! Top […]
15 years after quitting The Fall, Si met Mark E Smith, at Gulliver’s on Oldham Street in Manchester. Si had been working with Jez Kerr And The Family Bizarre in Ancoats and had popped round the corner for a night cap. He found Mark upstairs in the dressing room ‘guarding […]
Just north of London, in Borehamwood, is Elstree Studios where the BBC filmed TOTP, Grange Hill and other shows. Top of the Pops went on air every Thursday night for decades. School playgrounds were awash with kids raving over the acts they’d seen the night before on Friday mornings! Si […]
