My Manifesto for COP26 and beyond(Oct21)

I’m delighted that Cop26 is getting a lot of attention.  I think it’s great[...]

25
Oct
My LED Lighting Saga (Mar13)

Remember the joke about how many men are needed to change a light bulb.[...]

01
Mar
FT Article written on Eco-renovating London flat (Apr12)

My article on eco-renovation was published in the House & Home section of the[...]

21
Apr
Solar powered lighting is good (Oct09)

My outside light is great. It’s a solar powered security light, with a movement[...]

14
Oct
Shopping Trauma (Feb09)
18th February 2009

I don’t really like shopping – particularly when it entails actually going out of[...]

NT – Energy efficient light bulbs (Jun08)

ABOUT TIME TOO – NATIONAL TRUST ENERGY SAVING LIGHT BULBS I was a tenant[...]

30
Jun
Changing lightbulbs (Feb08)

First a confession. I have spotlights in both my kitchen and living room, which[...]

24
Feb
Street light rant (Feb08)

There’s been some discussion recently about councils turning off lights between midnight and dawn.[...]

17
Feb
Woman’s Hour 2007 – 2008 (Jan08)

At the end of 2007 and beginning of 2008 Woman’s Hour ran a series[...]

01
Jan
Prince Charles talking to trees (Jul07)

I was sitting just behind Prince Charles and Al Gore at the Business in[...]

07
Jul
Interior designers be damned (Jun07)

I stayed the night with friends in Holland Park. Only a year ago they[...]

12
Jun
Easter holidays (Apr07)

Juggling Easter holidays with work commitments is a lot easier with an au pair![...]

11
Apr