Martin

Full disclosure: I spent over twenty years running cinemas. Getting rid of a burnt popcorn smell was what I did most days, so I know a trick or two. I had to. Popcorn divides people into strong pro and anti camps, and the anti camp could get especially feisty if there was the whiff of

Right, to clear things up right from the off, Fabuloso is not a person. He’s not, for instance, a tiny Italian escapologist we’re planning on shutting in a cistern to test his powers. No, Fabuloso is a very useful cleaning liquid that can be used in a number of less than pristine scenarios, all round

Feather dusters are super-useful. No, not just as comedy props for long-gone comics and TV personalities such as Larry Grayson. Feather dusters do the job very few other tools can do: they get rid of the dust that collects on valuables, without endangering the safety of the object itself. Not just this, but feather dusters

When you have a dog, it sometimes seems like your whole life can revolve around them. Between walks, feeding, playing with toys, training, grooming, trips to the vet and long heart-to-hearts going late into the night (OK, then, just me) it can be a case of one’s existence being decidedly dog-shaped. With this in mind,

You can’t beat a bit of bathtime fun. Rubber ducks have been responsible for more lathered-up larks than you can shake a loofah at. Indispensable when it comes to persuading children that it’s time for a bath, these toys are every parent’s helping hand. Playing with them is also enjoyed by the odd grown-up too.

Cats, it’s commonly remarked, are among life’s real independent souls. Often inscrutable, fiercely free-spirited and usually pretty much impossible to tame completely, a cat’s life is a wild life. Not every cat however is as fully wild as others. Not every one of them for instance is a fully paid-up member of the outside toilet