Ask the Past: summer cooking It's too hot at the moment for me to want to turn the oven on. Can you recommend any recipes that won't heat my kitchen up?
Ask the Past: New Year greetings I'm going back to work next week and seeing all my coworkers for the first time this year. Is it too late to wish them a happy new year in the middle of January?
Ask the Past: Christmas pudding I was thinking about hiding under the duvet and pretending that Christmas wasn't happening this year, but now I have family coming to visit and I feel a bit bad about doing that. Can you give me a cheap and easy recipe for a Christmas cake or a
Ask the Past: Christmas crackers We always have Christmas crackers at our Christmas lunch, but nobody actually wants any of the useless plastic shit that comes in them, and I don't feel good about throwing it all away. I was thinking this year I might make my own Christmas crackers instead. Have you got any tips?
Ask the Past: Christmas party I love Christmas, but what I don't love is all of the drama around my work Christmas party. What's the best way to deal with this? Can I just not go? Or should I be the one that drinks too much this year so that at least I don't remember any of it?
Ask the Past: hayfever I get terrible hayfever at this time of the year, even though I am maxing out my antihistamine dose. Is there anything else I can do for it?
Ask the Past: Cures for indigestion With Thanksgiving and then the Christmas party season coming up, I quite often find myself eating too much and then sitting up all night afterwards with a sore stomach regretting it. Can you recommend anything for indigestion so I can overeat without fear?
Ask the Past: changing doctors My GP, who was a fantastic doctor, retired a couple of months ago, and her patients have been shared out among the other doctors in the medical centre. I had to go to the doctor last week, and I really don't like the new one, so I want
Ask the Past: cough syrups I had a virus a few weeks ago, and I'm over the sickness, but the cough is still hanging around. I don't really like the kinds of cough syrups you get from the chemist, but I'd like to have something to settle the cough. Can you recommend anything?
Ask the Past: Firework display I love fireworks displays, but I always find the boxes of fireworks that you can buy around Guy Fawkes kind of underwhelming. What's the best way to make the most of fireworks at home?