Here we are, again: New Year’s Eve. The supermarket at the edge of our estate is selling giant packs of party poppers for 80p so come tomorrow, some households (and probably entire streets) will be covered in strings of paper and little empty plastic... 

(Hey, sorry for not posting anything on Friday. I don’t celebrate Christmas so should have posted really but then we stayed up shockingly late playing video games on Thursday night because everyone was off work and I didn’t wake up until... 

We covered leftover cooked rice about an eon ago but for some reason haven’t covered the other thing I usually over-estimate when cooking: pasta. The obvious answer is, of course, lunch the next day and we usually go down the quick’n’easy... 

I know we’ve kinda covered this topic before - in the form of “real” tea bags - but I was thinking about chamomile ones the other day and wondered if there aren’t some special reuses for different herbal ones, instead of just... 

We’ve had an email from Adele: What can I do with some old bath mats? I have two in pale blue which I don’t want to use in the bathroom any more because they’re discoloured but I can’t bleach them because they’re blue. Any... 

(Ok, “reuse or recycle” probably isn’t the best term to use with these - it’s probably more “how can I use them instead of just composting them?” - but nevermind.) The last few times I’ve bought broccoli, I’ve... 

Did you ever think that a tree could survive in the hot Sahara Desert for a few months on its own? It’s not very likely since there is little or no rainfall to keep it alive, but a new Dutch invention that looks like a bucket from outer space might... 

So Christmas is just over a week away and houses up and down the land are being covered in fairy lights, tinsel and breaking-and-entering Santas trying to climb in bedroom windows (is that just a trend on my estate? Is it really just a creative burglar... 

We’ve had an email from Sharon: We’ve got a ton of old paintbrushes. They’ve gone stiff and hard. Any suggestions? If the brushes have gone hard because they weren’t cleaned properly, you might still be able to revive them by... 

We’ve always been a society that is fascinated with criminals and the crimes that they commit. Whether it’s the absurdity of Cops or the intensity of America’s Most Wante d we love to see the bad guy get caught. That’s why the...