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Let’s be honest, we all love food. Delicious food in pretty packaging is just absolutely irresistible, it can make a perfect present or a treat for yourself, and whether you want savoury preserves,...
View ArticleAutumn recipes: Divine Chocolate Panettone
Getting into the spirit of Autumn, we’re enjoying this traditional Italian treat normally reserved for Christmas – Divine Chocolate Panettone. It’s a deliciously rich fruity bread dotted with your...
View ArticleWhat Were We Getting For Christmas 10, 20 and 30 Years Ago?
It’s only one month until Christmas! Hopefully you’ve at least started your Christmas shopping (see our recommendations here) and maybe you’ve even finished it. We’re all itching to get our decorations...
View ArticleThe top gifts from 20 years ago – 1998
Where did the time go? 20 years ago seems like such a long time, but it’s getting closer and closer to the beginning of the 21st century. Two decades ago it was 1998, and Christmas-time shopping was...
View ArticleThe Top Gifts From 10 Years Ago – Christmas 2008
With social media on the up-and-up and Web 2.0 giving us less reasons to head out to the shops, Christmas 2008 was tech-heavy; much like the Christmas’s we’re used to seeing nowadays. In the absence of...
View ArticleTop Christmas Presents from 5 Years Ago – 2013
We’re living in an increasingly digital age that’s more or less done away with traditionally made toys, but toy companies are finding ways to take older toys and repurpose them for a new generation...
View ArticleAlternatives to plastic Christmas toys
We’ve been reminiscing lately about Christmases past, and our favourite childhood toys from the 90s, 80s (which some of our younger team members don’t even remember – way to feel old!) and more...
View ArticleMinimising Waste at Christmas
While Christmas is primarily a time of giving, and a time to get together with friends and family, it is also a very wasteful period. Statistics show that as a country, we can produce up to 30% more...
View ArticleYour Vegan Christmas Gift Guide
It’s safe to say that 2020 has made us think a lot more about our consumption and about caring more for ourselves and our planet. Veganism is on the rise whether it’s a vegan diet, the skin care that...
View ArticleThe Ethics and Ease of Going Plastic Free for Christmas
Christmas is a time of magic and rituals, of celebration, filled with joy, laughter, lights, glitter and tinsel; a time of giving, sharing and caring for those around us. It is also a period of excess...
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