Just let your microwave do what it does best: cooking something a supermarket has previously embalmed for us

Waiting in line behind four people, all of whom have to shepherd the hapless post office employee through his own job: now, that’s what I call me time

They’re faster and more fun than human cashiers, but self-checkouts do still offer a unique way for you to meet the staff if you want to

They’re often dismissed as fluff, but there is a lot to be said for watching celebrities explore exotic places from the comfort of your own sofa

In this hi-tech era of AI and CGI, adults no longer need to don padded costumes and ludicrously big heads. That’s a pity…

I must go down to the sea again – for the wheezing rides, vintage wretchedness and crappy plastic currency

What these books lack in incident, style, or even any concrete reason to exist, they make up for in anecdotes of wonderfully entertaining drabness

Really, is there any difference between the Bootleg Beatles and the Brandenburg Concertos at the Proms?

Return, I say, to pepper the sterile silence of this shinier, more vapid age

What finer masterpiece than one painted by someone untouched by the brush of genius, but who still had a go?

The cookery borders on the sublime – and the portions are a decent size, too

If only I’d known snooker was this exciting, I could have started my new obsession years ago

Dry January has its attractions but also its challenges

He considers Bunny Vs Monkey: Intergalactic Monkey Business to be ‘the best yet’ in the cartoon series

This friendly, noisy place offers a lively jaunt through the spirit(s) of eastern Europe

Not everything was wonderful in 2025, but happily there were some triumphs on the home front to report

Magma, I’ll have you know, is nine times hotter than boiling water, and don’t get me started on T Rex

My three-year-old daughter is miserable with a horrid illness and there’s nothing I wouldn’t do to help her out

Why does my young son have to make such a song and dance about going to the pool?

A school project can quickly get out of hand when you shoot for the moon