It’s this time of the year again – as soon as you step outside you get bombarded with various reminders that’s it’s almost Xmas. I ventured out to the city centre this week in search of fine piping nozzles and I came home a little down, I must admit. Although I thought I was prepared for the Xmas frenzy, seeing the high street awash with cheap, mass produced trinkets that we have all been brainwashed to buy and which end up in a landfill as soon as we move on to the next commercialised occasion has made me feel really, really low.