You do your bit for the environment don't you? Recycling, reducing waste, reusing where you can rather than just throwing things away. But have you thought about straws?

Alcohol sales in pubs, bars and restaurants rose by 1.8 per cent in value during 2016 to £24.4bn, according to the latest figures from CGA Strategy.

So, I went on tour with Iron Maiden.

With summer on the horizon you may well be turning your thoughts to your cider selection. Perhaps you are wondering whether that Durian & Kumquat variant still justifies its space in the fridge but have you considered what fruit cider to have on tap?

From wild potato chichi (a South American beer) in 13,000 BC to pepper berry wine in 600 AD to alcopops in the 1990s, alcohol in one form or another has permeated human life through the ages.

Straight from the school of stating the bleeding obvious, psychologists at London South Bank University have revealed that drinkers are, "much less likely to notice responsible drinking messages on posters displayed in a busy pub environment than in a plain and simple room."

There's no doubt things have improved when it comes to cocktails and mixed drinks in pubs.

I hate to come across as a smug know it all (despite having an unfortunate tendency to do so) but when I said the good old British pub was the original place of hygge I wasn't far wrong.

From scratchy school ties to the glamour of an airline attendant, everyone has an opinion on uniforms.

So, on the back of our recent feature looking at the benefits of staff uniforms, we thought we'd get some fashion advice - you don't want your team to look dated.

It's got no direct English translation but the Danish concept of Hygge (pronouced something like Hue-gah... I think) has nonetheless swept across the nation in recent years reaching peak hygge this autumn it seems.