An honest Huel Bars review after two months: handy, vegan and nutrient-dense, but dense, dry and not quite a meal.
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Huel Bars Review UK 2026: Handy But Not Filling
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Tuner Film Review 2026: Woodall and Hoffman Are a Joy
Last updated: 4 June 2026
By Tristan · Arts, exhibitions and creative culture
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★★★★☆
4 out of 5
Welcome to our Tuner film review, where a piano tuner with painfully sensitive ears discovers his gift works just as well on safes as it does on Steinways. On paper it sounds like a gimmick. In practice, Tuner is one of the warmest, most likeable crime dramas to reach UK cinemas this year, and it confirms what a lot of us suspected after The White Lotus: Leo Woodall is a proper film star.
The short version of this Tuner film review is simple. The performances are lovely, the New York setting glows, and the script has real wit. After a patient opening, the film also winds the tension surprisingly tight. So read on for the full verdict, and why it lands at a confident four out of five rather than the very top of our scale.
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Flare-Up Goldsmiths CCA Review: London’s First Crip Art Survey
Last updated: 31 May 2026
By Tristan · Arts, exhibitions and creative culture
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Cool Factor: 5/5
I went to Flare-Up at Goldsmiths CCA on a hot day in late May, and I left certain it is one of the shows everyone should see this year. This Flare-Up Goldsmiths CCA review is my first-hand account of the most ambitious group show on illness, disability, neurodivergence and Deafness that a London institution has yet staged. Nineteen artists. One former Victorian bathhouse, its galleries carved out of the old water tanks and plant rooms. A premise built on the flare itself: the symptom that intensifies, the burst of light, the surge of sound.
Curated by Natasha Hoare and Mariana Lemos, Flare-Up runs from 21 May to 16 August 2026 at Goldsmiths CCA in New Cross, and entry is free throughout. What follows is what I actually saw and felt walking the galleries, a short explainer on crip art for anyone new to the term, the works that floored me, an honest account of what did not quite land, and why it still earns a full Ice cold score from me.
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HP Colour Laser 150nw Review UK 2026: Do Not Buy
Last updated: 24 May 2026
By Stiv · Design, technology and personal finance
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Tech / PrintersDo Not Buy
HP Colour Laser 150nw review: the printer that died at eleven months
We bought an HP Colour Laser 150nw for about £130 thirteen months ago. It is now sitting in a recycling pile. This HP Colour Laser 150nw review explains exactly why, because the power button broke, HP's support website was impenetrable, and returning it to Currys was not worth the trip.
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★☆☆☆☆
1 out of 5 — Do Not Buy
So here is the short version. The print quality was genuinely fine. Everything else was not. We are writing this review so that you do not waste your money the way we wasted ours. Below, we walk through everything that went wrong, why the fault is baked into the design, and exactly what to buy instead.
The HP Colour Laser 150nw. Compact, tidy, and now destined for the recycling centre.
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Huel Daily Greens Review UK 2026: Honest Three-Month Verdict
Last updated: 18 May 2026
By Stiv · Design, technology and personal finance
This Huel Daily Greens review is the honest three-month verdict on whether Huel's greens powder genuinely does anything, or whether it's just a £1.50 daily indulgence in expensive green wee.
This is an opinion piece. Views expressed are the author's own and do not constitute professional advice.
This review is based on personal experience. Huel Daily Greens is a food supplement, not a medicine. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, or prevent any condition. If you have health concerns, consult a qualified healthcare professional.
Greens powders are the wellness industry's answer to a guilty conscience. Didn't eat enough vegetables this week? Stir some green dust into water and absolve yourself. We've been taking Huel Daily Greens daily for three months. Here's what we noticed, what we didn't notice, and whether the science backs any of it up.
This is different from Huel's meal replacement powders. Daily Greens is a supplement, not a meal. You drink it alongside food, not instead of it. We covered the main Huel Powder separately too.
Cool Factor
★★★★☆
4 out of 5 · Stone cold
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Huel Powder Review UK 2026: Honest Verdict After Years
Last updated: 3 May 2026
By Stiv · Design, technology and personal finance
This is an opinion piece. Views expressed are the author's own and do not constitute professional advice. This Huel powder review UK contains a referral link.
Huel wants to replace your lunch. That is, frankly, a big ask. So this Huel powder review UK is built on years of me drinking vanilla v3.1 shaken in cold water at the desk, between meetings, while quietly judging whether powdered food really deserves a place in a real kitchen. Spoiler: it is better than you would expect, worse than the marketing claims, and your insides will absolutely have their own opinions for the first fortnight.
Cool Factor
★★★★☆
4 out of 5: Stone cold
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Analogue Pocket Review UK 2026: Is It Worth Importing?
Last updated: 28 April 2026
By Stiv · Design, technology and personal finance
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Cool Factor: 4/5
This Analogue Pocket review comes after three months of daily use, dozens of cartridges, and one surprisingly hefty import bill. The short version? It is genuinely the best way to play Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games in 2026. The screen alone justifies the hype. But the price, especially for UK buyers, takes some of the shine off. Here is what it is actually like to live with.
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Chip App Review UK 2026: 3 Years Tested, Rates, Prize Saver, Fees
Last updated: 10 June 2026
By Stiv · Design, technology and personal finance
This Chip app review UK draws on three and a half years of my personal daily use, starting 3 November 2022, across auto-save, the Instant Access Saver, Prize Savings, ChipX (briefly) and a Chip Stocks and Shares ISA.
This is an opinion piece. Views expressed are the author's own and do not constitute professional advice.
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This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Some features of Chip involve investing, which carries risk including the possible loss of capital. Savings rates can change. Always do your own research or consult a qualified financial adviser. CoolCuration is not authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority.
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Cool Factor
★★★★☆
4 out of 5 · Stone cold
My Chip app review UK is grounded in the actual ledger: £174.41 in interest earned, £180 in tax-free prize wins, £0.80 in investment returns, and three and a half years of daily use since November 2022. That is the unvarnished record of what I have personally taken out of Chip across four different account types. Below is what I kept, what I binned, what works, and the one quirk that still mildly irritates me.
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Plum App Review UK 2026: Honest Verdict After 3 Months
Last updated: 9 June 2026
By Stiv · Design, technology and personal finance
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This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Some features of Plum involve investing, which carries risk including the possible loss of capital. Always do your own research or consult a qualified financial adviser. CoolCuration is not authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority. This article contains affiliate or referral links. If you click through and sign up I may earn a commission or referral bonus at no extra cost to you. It does not affect my editorial view.
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Cool Factor
★★★☆☆
3 out of 5 · Cool
This Plum app review is based on three months of hands-on use. We set up Plum to run alongside our existing auto-saver to see whether it would earn a permanent place on our home screen. Plum is one of those apps that does a lot and wants you to know it. Auto-saving, round-ups, investing, bills management, cashback offers, interest-earning pockets. After three months of testing, here's whether all that activity translates into actually saving more money.
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Cecily Brown Serpentine Review: Picture Making Is a Belated Homecoming Worth Your Afternoon
Last updated: 24 April 2026
By Tristan · Arts, exhibitions and creative culture
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★★★★☆
4 out of 5
Cecily Brown is one of the most successful British painters alive. She's shown at the Met in New York, toured retrospectives across the United States, and regularly sells paintings for millions. Yet somehow, until now, she'd never had a museum show in the city where she was born and raised. Cecily Brown Serpentine South's Picture Making is that belated homecoming. It's free, it's in Kensington Gardens, and it's worth your afternoon. Mostly.
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