Evening Standard: Mini food banks

They say "never become the story" at journalism school. But I never went to journalism school. So here's a piece about the amazing 3D-printed mini food banks popping up in Walthamstow, one of which is in my front garden!

It's also on my Evening Standard author page.

Zoopla: Spring cleaning

All I want is someone to look at me like that pup looks at her...

Read my pick of the best spring cleaning tech for 2021. Also live on my Zoopla author page.

E&T: April gadgets

See also my in-depth review of the Garmin Lily smartwatch.

Zoopla: Home office

Read my pick of the best smart, stylish WFH kit. Also live on my Zoopla author page.

E&T: March gadgets

See also my in-depth review of the latest Cuisinart Cordless kitchen gizmos.

Zoopla: 2021 Tech

Read about the Queen, the silver screen and more. It's going to be the year of the garden cinema, I swear. Just do it and thank me later!

Evening Standard: WFH

Tech for better coffee, easier smoothies and looking better on Zoom. From yesterday's Evening Standard p17.

E&T: February gadgets

See also my in-depth review of the McLear RingPay smart ring for contactless payments.

Evening Standard: Home tech of 2021

Look better on Zoom, watch a movie in the garden, get fit in your living room while a robot does the cleaning. Welcome to 2021... The piece is online here or on my Evening Standard author page. 

Land Rover Magazine 40: Kit

A long time in the making, but the latest issue is out and it's purty. The entire magazine is beautiful and well worth a read.

Woman & Home: The best air purifiers

 I tested a bunch of the latest models for Woman & Home. Click through to full reviews of each one.

Daily Mail podcast: Pointless emails

Me talking about the environmental impact of emails on the Daily Mail podcast, from 12:20. Better that I do it than someone who thinks sending one less email a day equals doing one's bit...

E&T: December games

 A playful Christmas gift guide. See also my in-depth review of the Zephyr gaming mouse.

E&T: December gadgets

 See also my in-depth review of the Benro Snoppa VMate gimbal camera.

Ideal Home: Clothes steamers

 A great big test of handheld and floorstanding garment steamers by a scruffy freelancer who grudgingly irons school uniforms and not much more. My clothes looked good that week! Read which ones were worth buying here.

E&T: November gadgets

See also my in-depth review of the Blueair Blue Pure air purifying fan.

Evening Standard: Air purifiers

Breathe easy at home now that it's too cold to leave the windows open. In fact, your air will be much cleaner than that outside! The piece is online here or on my Evening Standard author page. Meanwhile, enjoy!

Bella: Unusual names

In which I am paid to write about being called Caramel!

E&T: October gadgets

 See also my in-depth review of the FOURFIT Mini 2 children's fitness tracker.

Evening Standard: Smart heating

Tech that will make your home cosier and your bills smaller. It's online here page 27 but not for long, but it will soon pop up on my Evening Standard author page. Meanwhile, enjoy!

E&T: August/September gadgets

See also my in-depth review of the R-Pur mask, for filtering air pollution and Covid-19.

Evening Standard: Home working tech

"Are you sitting uncomfortably? Then we'll begin." So commenced this article, before it was subbed so they could fit a last-minute advert on the page. Oh well, it's still a good read.

The newspaper is online here, page 20, but I'm not sure how long it's there for as it's a new site. It will hopefully soon pop up on my Standard page too.

E&T: July gadgets

See also my in-depth review of the GoCube... at least I'll come out of lockdown with one new skill!

Evening Standard: Outdoor cinema

In which I get to write, ever so slightly, about Hamilton! Here's how to build a garden cinema to watch Hamilton, Frozen II and more.

          

E&T: June gadgets

See also my in-depth review of the Ooni Karu.

E&T: May gadgets

See also my in-depth review of the Miele Triflex HX1.

Ideal Home: Cordless vacuum cleaners

Tested by me, which was good timing because I needed to clean the house! Read the reviews here.

E&T: April gadgets

See also my in-depth review of the F(x)tec Pro1 phone.

E&T: March gadgets

See also my in-depth review of the DribbleUp Smart Soccer Ball.

Delta Sky: Turntables

You can also read about these beauties online here.

E&T: February gadgets

See also my in-depth review of the Loog Pro Electric guitar.

Delta Sky: Smart watches

You can also read about the watches online here.

Evening Standard: Five best home tech

The longer ten best piece is already online. Here are the five that made it into print. From this Wednesday's newspaper, which can also be read online here for one week only. Tech tonics, I see what they did there!

Ideal Home: Air purifiers

Tried and tested my yours truly, read the full reviews here.

Evening Standard: More home fitness

Now the printed piece from today's newspaper, which can also be read online here for one week only.

Evening Standard: Home fitness

Print story coming soon, meanwhile the online piece is here.

Evening Standard: Home tech for 2020

Print story coming soon, meanwhile the online piece is here.

Delta Sky: Tiny headphones

You can also read my pick of the latest in-ear Bluetooth headphones here.

Land Rover Magazine 39: Kit

I'm delighted that the wraps are finally off my first Kit spread for Land Rover Magazine and it's a beauty!

Delta Sky: Sports Tech

You can also read my pick of the latest fun fitness kit here.

Eglu blog: Rescue hens

In which I didn't think of saying "from bad arse to badass" till I re-read the piece after publication. Read about our girls here.

E&T: December gadgets for kids

See also my in-depth review of the Harry Potter Deluxe Invisibility Cloak.

E&T: December gadgets

See also my in-depth review of the AncestryDNA genetic heritage test kit.

Delta Sky: Monitors

You can also read my pick of the latest designer displays here.

E&T: November gadgets

See also my in-depth review of the Garmin Forerunner 245 Music.

Evening Standard: Smart lighting

The print story can also be read here for one week only. And the online version should end up in the usual place soon!

Bake for the Birds!

We keep rescue hens in the back garden. It's unapologetically hippy but it is also a bit gadgety because they live in a superb fox-proof Eglu coop with an automatic door that's triggered by sunlight levels.

We're holding a cake sale next Saturday to raise funds for the British Hen Welfare Trust. It costs the BHWT around £2.50 to get each bird rehomed. Mine had never been outdoors before, never been treated kindly, etc. They're crazy happy now and they lay me delicious eggs every day.

This is what our girls looked like five months ago when we collected them.

And this is what they look like now. Same birds.

Loads of friends are baking delicious cakes. Plus KitchenAid has very generously donated a red Artisan stand mixer worth £499 which we are raffling for the BHWT too. Tickets cost just £1.

COME BUY CAKES AND RAFFLE TICKETS!