A few of my favourite things

...an all-new Velvetiser that can create both hot and cold drinks. Yes, those cacao loving people at Hotel Chocolat have updated and upgraded their wildly successful hot Chocolate Velvetiser so that i

Flat whites, flavourful rubs, buzzy cocktails… our appetite for coffee is evolving into a full-blown national obsession. Could it be about to replace tea as the UK’s favourite beverage? Let’s find out

Good Morning Britain star Charlotte Hawkins bares all about love, loss and leaving behind her inhibitions at 50

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Living well for a healthy planet

Writing for The Observer in 1999, journalist Andrew Purvis recounts telling a friend how he recently spent three hours learning how to make the perfect cup of coffee. “Mine’s white with two sugars,” t