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I'm pretty sure that way back in perhaps the late 70s/early 80s, both Hoover and Electrolux launched central vacuum systems in the UK; I remember reading a brief article on them in my mum's Good Housekeeping magazine. The pictured unit (probably Hoover) was a lurid orange with a brown pattern on...

The Doctor Blake Mysteries is an UK/Australian murder mystery show set in 50s Australia with Craig Machlachlan as a police surgeon who solves mysteries. It's currently showing on BBC1 in the UK. In episode 3 of the first season ('Death of a Salesmen') a salesman dies under suspicious...

I've had a Miele Revolution 700 for the past 10 years and it's time for a replacement, I think. The first problem is that there's now a problem with the electronic speed control in the hose handle, so that if the hose flexes too much while you're cleaning, the machine goes back to standby mode...