Why Old Houses Keep Their Cool (and Why We Still Love Them). As temperatures have climbed, newspapers and broadcasters have been filled with stories of modern homes and flats becoming uncomfortably hot, leaving many people struggling to keep cool. With climate scientists warning that heatwaves are likely to become more frequent and more intense, it's becoming clear that this isn't simply an unusually warm summer—it's part of a changing climate that we're all learning to live

A reflective Monday’s Musings from Chaos Cottage on caring for ageing parents, family loss, late spring gardening chaos and the strange balancing act many Gen X families now find themselves navigating — all accompanied by a polytunnel full of increasingly impatient plants.