Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how cookies and similar technologies are used to help this website function correctly and to understand how visitors use it.


What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file that’s downloaded to your device when you visit a website.


What are cookies used for?

Most websites use cookies because they streamline and enhance the browsing experience.

Cookies can:

  • Speed up and simplify interaction between users and the website.

  • Remember user preferences during and between visits.

  • Provide essential functionality (e.g. a shopping bag if the website is an online shop).

  • Give the website owner useful user statistics to help them better understand their audience.

  • Perform other functions, such as enhancing security.


Use of cookies on this website

The cookies used on this website fall into the following categories:

  1. Essential: necessary for the site to function.

  2. Performance: help to understand how visitors use the site.

  3. Functional: enable enhanced functionality such as video playback or social media sharing.

When you first visit this website, you can manage your cookie preferences through the banner. You can choose whether to allow or reject non‑essential cookies. By saving your preferences, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this policy. By accepting the cookie alert banner or using this website, you consent to the use of the following cookies:

  • Squarespace cookies:

    This website is built using Squarespace, which may use cookies and similar tracking technologies throughout its services for stability, security, functionality, and performance. These cookies are essential for operation, so they cannot be disabled. If you prefer not to accept them, you can choose not to use this site. Here is a list of cookies Squarespace uses.

  • Third-party functionality:

    This website, like many others, includes functionality provided by third parties. A common example is an embedded YouTube video. This website includes the following, which use cookies:

    • Links to Facebook

      When you like, share, or click through to a Facebook profile, cookies may be set by Facebook. The privacy implications will vary between social media networks and depend on the privacy settings you’ve chosen on each platform. You can read more in each platform’s cookie or privacy policy, available on their respective websites.

    Disabling these cookies may break the functions offered by these third parties.


What cookies are not used for

  • Cookies on this website are not used to gather personal data such as names or email addresses.

  • Only the information you provide, or the choices you make while visiting this website, can be stored in a cookie.

  • Allowing this website to create a cookie does not give it, or any other website, access to the rest of your computer.


How to control your use of cookies

Most web browsers such as Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox etc. enable you to allow, delete, block and otherwise control cookies.


Read my Privacy Policy, or go back to the homepage.