Cookie Policy
Last updated: 27 September 2026.
What a cookie is
A cookie is a small text file a website stores on your device. It lets a site recognise your browser on a later visit. Similar technologies — web beacons, pixels and local storage — do comparable things and are covered by this policy.
The categories we use
Strictly necessary. These keep the site working — security, load balancing and basic delivery. They are set by our hosting provider and the site cannot function without them.
Analytics. These tell us, in aggregate, which articles are read, how long people stay, and where readers arrive from. We use this to decide what to write. They do not tell us who you are.
Advertising. These are set by Google and other third-party advertising vendors. They are used to select which advertisements to show, to limit how often you see the same advertisement, and to measure whether an advertisement worked.
Third-party cookies
Most of the cookies on this site are not ours.
Google. As a third-party vendor, Google uses cookies to serve advertisements on this site. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to this site and other sites on the Internet.
Other ad networks. Other vendors may also serve advertising here and may set their own cookies.
Third-party cookies are governed by the privacy policies of the companies that set them, not by ours.
How to control cookies
Opt out of personalised Google advertising at Google Ads Settings. You will still see advertisements; they will be less relevant to you.
Opt out across many vendors at once:
Control cookies in your browser. Every major browser lets you block or delete cookies:
- Chrome — Settings → Privacy and security → Third-party cookies
- Safari — Settings → Safari → Block All Cookies
- Firefox — Settings → Privacy & Security
- Edge — Settings → Cookies and site permissions
Blocking all cookies may stop parts of this or other websites from working properly.
Private or incognito browsing discards cookies when you close the window.
Do Not Track
There is no agreed industry standard for how websites should respond to a Do Not Track browser signal, and this site does not currently respond to one.
Changes
We will update this page if our use of cookies changes, with a revised date at the top.