Luckily I can now leave the bank (available across the nation) I’ve used for the last four years, as they finally got off their butt and let me transfer my mortgage to another bank. It dragged on for months, from the start of the process, and in the last week I was getting phone calls...

I was updating my online shopping site, to get rid of dead links and add new shops, and I ended up peeking at all the shops. I have to say this page of cool gadgets tickled my fancy – a dot matrix watch, flashing t-shirt and LED belt buckle were sadly tempting. For the kids, of...