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      Today the Invictus Games in Toronto draw to a close.  This annual international sporting event is spearheaded by Prince Harry and its aim is ”to use the power of sport to inspire recovery, support rehabilitation and generate a wider understanding and respect for wounded, injured and sick Servicemen and women.”   Many other […]

The schools have gone back and often the first question your child will be asked is “What did you do this summer?”  Some may be asked to write a story or poem about their summer shenanigans, or draw a picture, or perhaps do a little project including some further research about one of the places […]

    So the hottest August Bank Holiday on record is here!    August Bank Holiday is always a significant landmark, being the last Bank Holiday until Christmas!   It also marks numerous traditions across the country, including the end of the Edinburgh Festival.   The Edinburgh Festival   The annual Edinburgh Festival transforms Scotland’s capital […]

        So yet another football season is upon us!  Football is rather like marmite: you either love it or hate it.  For some of us the new season is an exciting time, full of potential new opportunities – a little like that back to school feeling.  For others it’s a case of […]

In our last blog, we awaited with eager anticipation the announcement of the new Doctor Who.  We now know that she will be Jodie Whittaker.  But will the fact that the Doctor is a woman make a difference to the role or the running of the Tardis we wonder?     Our last blog looked […]

Today is a big day for Britain!  Not because we are hosting the men’s tennis singles final at Wimbledon, nor because we are hosting the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.  No!  The BIG news of today is that we get to find out who is the 13th Doctor Who! When Doctor Who first began in […]

OK we realise that it’s been midsummer mayhem recently.  We’ve had the longest day and midsummer day – which are not actually the same: who knew?! – and then the spell of hot weather last week, which already seems like a distant memory.  We are now about to get into Wimbledon and then, before you […]

Holiday season is almost upon us.  Whether you are travelling far and wide or enjoying a staycation this summer, keep your eye open for unusual baths!   For many people, a bath is a bath.   But for the more discerning there is a growing trend for a bath to become rather a statement item.   […]

Yes you did read that correctly!  2018.  In our last blog The Merry Month of May we talked about the Bank Holiday season and how quickly 2017 is passing by!  We were therefore very interested to read home-related predictions for 2018 from the KBIS – Kitchen and Bathroom Show – held in Orlando earlier this […]