What a top tip - I love Pimm's too, but it is certainly pricey. If the taste is as good, I would definitely go for the cheaper one as I am happy to have it a bit less strong and once you put it in the jug nobody would know!! Btw, when you make Pimm's does anyone add gin as well (which is apparently ...

I agree some of the people are awful - really spiteful, but I suppose that makes for 'good telly' Gawd help us... I like to have friends to supper, but I always make stuff that can be done in advance, or just bunged in the oven. Then I don't have to spend time fussing in the kitchen, and have more t...

I think the stuff you make is really great, Ilona. You also seem to pay careful attention to detail - everything is nicely finished off, etc - which also makes them a cut above.

Jane

Oh, yes - I remember the meat safe, we had one too!

It sat in the cellar head with the 'butcher's meat' in it. Stuff that still had its feathers on got hung up from the beams in the cellar until it got plucked and cooked! I daresay this would contravene some EU regulation...

Jane

I did quite enjoy the last episode, actually. But I don't think he came up with any new or surprising conclusions. I suspect that, because this was just a three-part TV series, they had to make it all very two-dimensional and choppy to fit into the format. I agree it was a bit weird that having to p...

I smoked from age 16, when we all did it because we thought it looked very cool, to age 25. I gave up 'cold turkey', I don't remember there being any aids to giving up smoking apart from some sort of dummy cigarette to suck on which made you look like a right charlie! It was difficult to give up, be...

Oh dear, in some ways things were a bit easier in the 'old days' when we never used to worry too much about these things! I have always worked on the basis that if it smells/tastes ok then you will probably not die. I could be wrong, of course!! I remember we didn't have a fridge when I was young an...

I am really looking forward to the last episode this evening! I have to say I don't doubt for a minute that the guy is genuine and is really interested in how we could all move to a less materialistic outlook - which is all good. But whatever way you look at is, he is very insulated. It was curious ...

This is a very common symptom - usually caused by stress or tiredness. I always get this when I am anxious about something - then it just goes in its own time!

Jane

I've seen Peter Owen Jones in a couple of other things. Although I think he is in many ways a bit of a 'Peter Pan' (I find it hard to remember that he is 52), I feel he is genuine enough in his desire to reconnect to the real and important values in society. But the programme is, as you might expect...

Oh, Spudley, perhaps you could make an exception for a pack of M&S knicks? I get their Bridget Jones type 'big pants' and find they go one for years - much better value than cheaper ones. Sadly, I doubt boys' pants would accomodate my derriere, Ilona! To be honest, if an article of clothing has ...

Oh, I've just looked at Mercymee's link to the 'little brown dress project'. I clicked on the new project that this woman in doing, and find that I am doing it too! So, it seems I am not just making do with the clothes I have already got - I am actually 'performing a Recycled Intentional Wardrobe'. ...

My mum was a nursing sister (old school!!) and happily used second hand clothes, cots etc for me and my siblings. I did the same, and nobody died! Using hand me downs and second hand buys for babies and young children strikes me as the respectable, responsible thing to do. Good for all you young mum...

I think you are doing really well. We are none of us perfect, and the odd small lapse is understandable - you are so much better off then you would have been otherwise. I decided last month to not buy any clothes this year. OK, so I would not win any awards for 'best dressed' but I think I have plen...

Sounds brilliant!! Scrounged stuff is always cause for celebration - I remember one day, hubby struggled home with a ginormous wine rack (those classic restaurant ones that are wood interspersed with metal strips) that he had found being thrown out by builders doing up a house down the road. He said...