Category: Life Hacks UK

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Traditional Christmas lights are dead: modern decorations for this year’s festivities

Classic Christmas lights are giving way to technological and sustainable options that completely transform end-of-year decorations. Christmas 2025 brings a revolution in lighting and style. The traditional garlands of lights that hung from trees and balconies are beginning to be left behind, replaced by more modern, eco-friendly and safer alternatives. Traditional Christmas lights are dead: […]

He collapsed after 20 metres: attacked by Asian hornets, the tree surgeon struggled to breathe and could no longer walk.

This new feature uses a computer-generated synthetic voice. There may be errors, for example in pronunciation, sentiment and tone. A tree surgeon was taken to A&E after being stung by yellow-legged hornets in Sassenage, Isère, on Monday 29 September 2025. He had come to tend to four trees in a garden on Monday 29 September […]

You’re all messing up matcha

From sacred drink to trendy product, matcha is experiencing an identity crisis. Long a symbol of harmony and purity in Japan, it is now being used in banana smoothies and protein lattes, at the risk of losing its soul. Japanese matcha, long reserved for tea ceremonies codified around four principles – wa, kei, sei and […]

‘They grow back incredibly quickly with this technique’: now is the perfect time to take cuttings from your houseplants

Want to transform your living room into a lush jungle or give your most beautiful houseplants a new lease of life? Don’t be fooled by appearances: autumn is not a time for your green corner to rest! October offers almost magical conditions for taking cuttings, allowing your favourite plants to grow back at full speed. […]

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