What a Difficult Year Taught Us About Checking In
There's a particular kind of phone call that means more than it used to. Not the scheduled catch up, but...
Year: 2020
Recycling in the UK: Why Every Council Seems to Do It Differently
Move house within the UK and one of the more confusing adjustments is often the bin system. What went in...
The Quiet Rise of the Low Key Night In With Friends
Not every good night out needs a club or a packed bar. There's been a steady shift towards smaller, quieter...
Rediscovering Travel Closer to Home
This has been the year many of us looked at a map of our own country and realised how little...
Rethinking Home Comfort at the High End
This year forced a lot of people to spend far more time at home than usual, and that had a...
How to Start Researching a Family Member’s Life Story
With more time spent at home, a lot of people turned to a project they'd been putting off for years:...
Remote Work and the Quiet Reshaping of Britain’s Job Market
For decades, the UK job market assumed that the best salaries meant living within commuting distance of London, or at...
Rediscovering London’s Parks and Green Spaces
There's a version of London that has nothing to do with shopping streets or famous landmarks, and it's the one...
Finding Structure When Your Usual Routine Has Disappeared
Routines are often held together by things outside our control, commutes, office hours, regular social plans. When those external anchors...
The Rise of the Home Cinema Setup and What Actually Matters
With so many of us stuck indoors for long stretches, front rooms across the country quietly turned into makeshift cinemas....
