James Ots

I’m not sure what I think about cutting child benefit from higher earners. On the one hand, if you’re earning a lot, you probably don’t need child benefit. On the other hand, £44k isn’t actually a  huge amount of money, although it is a lot more than the national average, and more than I am ...

If you’re not already signed up to Quidco, I’d definitely recommend it. I’ve received over £700 of cashback over the last three years. The biggest cashback payments have been for switching gas and electricity providers. There are quite a few of these cashback sites around, but Quidco seems to be one of the better ones ...

This week and next week (July 16th and 23rd) there will be no weekly barbeque.

At the weekend I went to the Godiva Festival, twice. Now, in the past I’ve been to it occasionally, and it has been anything ranging from dire to dismal. Last year, admittedly, I wasn’t able to go as I was on holiday in Canada – and I would like to have gone, as Newton Faulkner ...

At Morrisons you can make your own salad. In order to fit the most salad possible into the small plastic container, it is important that any rice or couscous is added either first or last (or both), in order that it can fill all the gaps between the chunkier items. It’s also important to squish ...