Slightly Bonkers

I try to avoid truisms but we are living through uncertain times not seen since 1940 when, instead of leaving the EU, it looked likely to come to us.

Go to Work on an Egg

This is the best thing since sliced bread; just the job for brightening breakfast in these dark days of uncertainty. It combines elegance and functionality, looking perfectly at home beside the Dualit toaster. What is it? Take a look.       By dropping a steel ball onto the hemisphere covering the egg, the shell… Continue reading Go to Work on an Egg

Aurora Innovation

This is the not too distant future. This is a level 4 driverless car. Level 5 will be completely automated with no steering wheel.

What 3 Words

I read about What 3 Words a few years ago and thought it was pointless – I was wrong.

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X-mini

I always glance at Jonathan Margolis’s technology column in the FT How To Spend It supplement. To be truthful, over the years I have amassed quite a lot of gadgets that I never use: a hi-spec digital camera, headphones that gave me tinnitus, AirPlay speakers that don’t always connect and have puppy-chewable flex; I’m a… Continue reading X-mini

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Apples

A mandolin is a useful bit of kitchen kit, however it must be used with care. Especially now that the top of my index finger has become a vital appendage.

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Hanger Lane Gyratory

I have lived fairly contentedly in London for forty-three years and much of my happiness I now realise has come from avoiding the Hanger Lane Gyratory system.

Permission to Park

The “new” car is the fifth I have owned. A lot has changed in the nineteen years since I last bought one.