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Before automatic machines, getting through the family’s weekly laundry was hard going

In the early 1940s, the Royal Mint replaced the familiar image of a portcullis on the threepenny coin with a thrift plant. This was part of the government’s campaign reminding the public of the need f

Lucy Hedges on the smart devices that can help you manage your power consumption – good for your purse and the planet

GH ’s Simon Swift takes up a familial hobby — and with it a familiar habit of not finishing what he started…

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