Enjoying the outdoor life during the summer is a goal for many people, and what better way to do that than to spend an evening outside gathered round a fire…

We all know that your choice of fuel can have a significant impact on the efficiency of your fire, in terms of the heat it produces, the length of time…

With all the changes in what you can and what you can’t burn for your winter heating, we thought it was time to sit down and review what are still…

At the time of writing, we’ve just had our first real cold snap of the winter in England. That’s bound to have worried many pensioners already concerned about how they’re…

Choice is, of course, nearly always considered a good thing. But sometimes too much choice can be intimidating, even unnecessary – after all, who in life really has the time…

Summer arrived late this year, but it’s here now, and that means that more and more people are being tempted to light up the barbecue and enjoy some al fresco…

We may not get the consistently hot weather that those in Australia – home of the ‘barbie’ – enjoy, but that doesn’t mean that barbecues are not an increasingly important part…

Coal had been used as a source of heat for thousands of years before powering the transformation brought about by the Industrial Revolution from the 18th century onwards. It’s no…

It’s impossible to be unaware of the many environmental concerns we need to face these days, whether it’s the effects of climate change, chemicals and raw sewage in our rivers,…