Des Lynam tells ME & MY MONEY about his stroke of business 'genius' - and why despite being freelance, he sorted his pension As a trained aromatherapist, O'Neal's mother made her own oils. 'I got to see lavender and rose oil being made. I saw distilling and the science behind it and I found it really interesting,' she says. I’ve posted an article about the ultimate gin cabinet—which five gins would you get? I find it quite difficult because it’s one of those things where I can’t separate the people, the production and the place in which it’s made, to the end outcome. There are certain gins that I absolutely admire and love but don’t necessarily like the flavour of. Tthousands of people who earn a bit of extra income are being caught out by the taxman under new rules.

Enormous. Fever-Tree reinvented the wheel a couple of years ago. Well, premium-ised it, I suppose, is a better way of saying it, because tonic’s been around for a long, long time. You’re talking late 17th, early 18th century. There have been a lot of tonic brands.

Gone with the Gin: Cocktails with a Hollywood Twist / by Tim Federle

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Government allows houses to be split into flats without planning permission: Who are the winners and losers? I just read the opening bit, about him going downstairs and drinking his parents’ tonic when he was a boy and being hooked.

Gin Glorious Gin: How Mother’s Ruin Became the Spirit of London / by Olivia Williams

Gin has become a crowded market as drinks manufacturers clamber to capitalise on consumer interest in the spirit. You can still see it in the street names. In Camden, there’s Juniper Crescent. So there are remnants in today’s London—even though there’s no hawker on the side of the street flinging gin at you as you walk past. Thinking of starting a business this January? How to get free expert help 'Gin wasn't my first love'