How much booze do you really drink?

 After seeing a recent Government alcohol campaign on TV the other day, I wondered whether the scales for measuring alcohol units were actually very clear at all. We may order 'a pint' or a 'double whisky and Coke', but in actual fact the strength of drink and measure..

Car functions and basic car maintenance

When the editorial team started thinking of what new video tours to produce we had a huge list of options to cover. We started our video tours off with a tour of a GUM clinic, but thought we'd move away from sexual health to something very different and a bit more practical. So.....

Culinary kings

If you're anything like me in the kitchen (utterly useless) a few cooking lessons wouldn't go amiss. It's not that I'm ignorant about ingredients or that I don't know any good recipes, it's because I'm the most impatient  person ever when it comes to..

Who can stop the violence?

Next week Channel 4 launches a new series of programmes called Disarming Britain.  The cynic in me says that they are “cashing in” on a series issue; but I also passionately believe that talking about what is happening is a huge part of the solving the..

School prom... anything to write home about?

I love reading news about the UK from other places (well, tbh I'm a news junkie so I like reading news regardless).

Teenage kicks...

I get a bit annoyed by  Fergal Sharkey. Yesterday he was in all the papers and stuff being quoted in relation to a survey by the University of Hertfordshire that suggested the average teenager's iPod/other mp3 player has 800 illegally downloaded tracks on it.

Home health testing kits

Let's be honest, going to the doctor is a bit of a drag. The idea of testing yourself for something you're convinced you have sounds very tempting. But in reality, are the tests reliable enough? I'm known among my close friends and family for being a bit, well, over..