Thursday, November 12
Author: Caitlin Rooney
Caitlin Rooney
Caitlin Rooney has been covering Greater Manchester for the best part of a decade. She started at a local paper in Salford, moved to digital, and spent three years on the housing and planning beat before going independent. She has sat through more council cabinet meetings than she cares to count and still reads the planning portal on her phone. She writes about transport, housing, devolution, policing, and the daily grind of how a city actually runs. She has a particular interest in who benefits from regeneration and who gets moved along by it. Caitlin lives in Chorlton. She thinks the Metrolink is both Manchester's best and worst infrastructure, and does not trust anyone who calls the city centre "town".
The H&M London Fashion Week show opened this season’s proceedings at Olympia London with a production titled “H&M&YOU&I”, part runway, part cinema, part live concert, with a cast and a tech stack that made the average fashion presentation look like a PowerPoint.The Swedish retailer divided its show into three sections mapping its current offer: a fall line, Studio, and Atelier. The fall collection, which opened with Alex Consani in a cream military jacket with epaulets, a sheer blouse and low-rise trousers, was available to buy immediately. The first drop of H&M’s Autumn 26 womenswear collection, along with the H&M Atelier…
Picking the best smartwatch gifts 2026 has one rule above all others: the right watch depends almost entirely on what phone the recipient already owns. Get that right and the rest falls into place. Get it wrong and you’ve bought someone a very expensive fitness tracker they’ll stop charging by February. The Best Smartwatch Gifts 2026 for Apple Users For most iPhone users, the Apple Watch SE 3 at £239 is the one to reach for. It runs on Apple’s S10 chip, supports Apple Intelligence and Siri AI, tracks sleep, heart rate, and cycles, and offers up to 18 hours…
Choosing home entertainment gifts in 2026 gets easier the moment you stop chasing the biggest number on the spec sheet and start thinking about who’s actually going to use the thing. A noise-masking earbud means nothing to a student gamer; a 4K disc player is lost on someone who just wants a tidy living room. Below are six picks, each matched to a specific type of person, ranging from the student wedged into a dorm to the media purist who considers Netflix a personal affront.Best Overall Home Entertainment Gift 2026: Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box 8KIf the person you’re…
There are ten iPhone keyboard tips buried in iOS that most people walk past every day, and a few of them will genuinely change how quickly you get through a message. The keyboard looks roughly the same as it always has, but Apple has been quietly layering in gestures, tools and settings that reward anyone who bothers to look.iPhone Keyboard Tips: The Basics Worth Getting Right FirstStart with haptics. Go to Settings, then Sounds & Haptics, then Keyboard Feedback, and switch on Haptic Feedback. The iPhone’s Taptic engine produces a subtle click for every keypress, which goes a long way…
Vivaldi browser tips and tricks are worth knowing, because this Chromium-based browser is quietly one of the most capable around, and most people have barely scratched the surface of what it can do. Whether you’re on desktop or Android, there’s a good chance several of these features will change how you use it daily. Vivaldi browser tips and tricks for Android users Start with the Android app, because something happened there that still hasn’t landed in Chrome itself. Vivaldi Blog confirmed that Vivaldi 8.2 brings full extension support on Android, letting you shape your mobile browser exactly the way you…
The Apple Health app redesign has landed in the iOS 27.2 developer beta, and it is a more substantial overhaul than the headline features Apple trailed at its event, though it comes with a few frustrations baked in. According to NeoTeo, the redesigned app entered the first iOS 27.2 developer beta on 16 September 2026. A full public release is expected later in 2026, and GaGadget notes it will launch initially in US English only.One thing to know upfront: you will not find this on your iPhone after updating to iOS 27. It is not part of the main iOS…
If you are shopping for the best home entertainment gear 2026 has to offer, the field is genuinely strong right now: a flagship OLED that measures 100% of the colour space used in Hollywood productions, a portable projector under a grand, and a streaming box that doubles as a smart home hub. Here is what is actually worth your money. Best TV: Samsung S95H OLED The Samsung S95H is the headline act. It uses quantum dot enhanced OLED technology to deliver the brightest 4K picture of any TV currently on the market, with HDR10+ certified colour and a 165Hz refresh…
If you use Audible, these Audible subscription money tips are worth knowing before your next credit rolls in. The platform sits on a catalogue of more than 850,000 audio titles, according to StockTitan, spanning Audible Originals, audiobooks and podcasts from leading studios and publishers. That is a lot of content to navigate, and a fair amount of money to spend if you are not careful about how the subscription actually works.Make Your Credits Go FurtherThe most common mistake on Audible is cancelling a subscription and walking away from credits you have already paid for. If you cancel, unused credits expire…
If you have finished The Shards and are already pacing the room looking for something to scratch that itch, The Informers, Bret Easton Ellis’s 2008 film adaptation, is the most direct place to go next. Same author, same city, same decade, same sense that beautiful people are capable of genuinely terrible things. Before getting into the film, a bit of context on the show itself. According to TV Insider, The Shards premieres on 5 August on FX and Hulu at 9pm ET / 6pm PT. Igby Rigney has been cast as a young Bret Easton Ellis in the series, which…
Finding the right gift in any Steam Deck gift guide comes down to one thing: knowing your gamer. Buy the wrong peripheral for the wrong person and you will get that pained half-smile, the mumbled thanks, and a dusty box in a cupboard by February. The trick is matching the gear to the player personality, not just the price tag.Here is a breakdown of what actually works for whom this Christmas, plus a word on why the most anticipated game of the decade should not, under any circumstances, be left under the tree.The Steam Deck: Still the One Gift to…
The Fitbit Air arm placement question has taken on a life of its own on the device’s subreddit, where users have been strapping the screenless tracker to their biceps, forearms and upper arms using little more than rolls of athletic tape and a bit of optimism. Google has not released a dedicated bicep band for the Fitbit Air, so people are improvising.The core appeal is straightforward. Getting the device off your wrist means no conflict with wrist wraps, kettlebells or any sleeve or accessory you happen to be wearing. It also means you can, with the right adhesive, more or…
If you want a proper smart glasses 2026 guide that cuts through the noise, here it is: the market has matured fast, the options are genuinely varied, and the days of wearing a novelty on your face are largely over. These are the picks worth your money right now, plus the ones worth waiting for. The Smart Glasses 2026 Guide: Best Picks by Category Best overall: Ray-Ban Meta Glasses (Gen 2), $409 Meta’s Ray-Ban and Oakley shades hold around 80% of the US smart glasses market, and it is not simply because they arrived first. The Gen 2 Ray-Bans carry…
