self-sufficiency

self-sufficiency

Brits pro self-sufficiency, but lack confidence

While most Brits agree that self-sufficiency — growing your own food, cooking and rearing animals — could help beat the recession, about half say they lack the confidence to take such a plunge themselves, according to the Soil Association. An online poll of 1,230 Britons conducted by Pollab Limited found that

self-sufficiency

Credit crunch forces Brits to be more like Felicity Kendall

For many, the 1970s is a decade to forget. After the free love of the swinging 60s, the 70s heralded recession, spiralling oil prices, the four-day working week and rubbish piled high in the streets during the winter of discontent. If that wasn’t bad enough the 70s also spawned