Cookie Policy
It is important you know this site uses cookies and that by accessing the site, you consent to their use and agree to this policy. It is under UK and EU website regulations that the details of these cookies are disclosed.
What are cookies?
"Cookies" are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website.
They allow the website to recognise your device and remember if you've been to the website before.
Cookies are very common web technology - most websites use cookies and have done for years. Cookies are widely used in order to make websites work more efficiently, as well as providing information to the owners of websites.
Cookies are used to measure which parts of the website people visit and to customise your experience. Cookies also provide information that helps us monitor and improve the website's performance.
You can read more about the different types of cookies that we use on this website on this page.
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your computer and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
Our Cookies
We use cookies to enhance the performance of our website and personalise your online experience. We use:
Authentication Cookies: When you register an account or login, we use a cookie to identify you and allow you to use secure services.
Third Party Cookies
Third party cookies may come from partners that provide functional web tools for our site. We use:
Functional Cookies: We use a third party plugin called Disqus to manage our site's comment system. You can read their cookie policy here.
Performance Cookies: We use Google Analytics to anonymously monitor traffic behaviour across the site. These cookies help us to provide you with a better user experience. Data supplied by cookies helps us to understand how our visitors use our site so that we can improve how we present our content to you. You can read the Google Analytic cookie policy here.
Prevent Cookies
It is possible to remove and block cookies using your browser. The steps to do this are largely dependent on your browser. If you are unsure of what browser you are using, you can find out here.
Manage Cookies
The majority of browsers will enable you to block cookies to prevent them ever being added to your machine. They will also allow you to remove any existing cookies. Please see guides for the following common browsers:
Cookies are not malicious, and following the above could dramatically change you experience on this site, and on others.