Chris Haslam - Journalist, Copywriter, Media Consultant

I've been working on it for what seems like years, but finally this year's House Beautiful campaign has hit the shelves. With Grow It! Cook It! we hope to encourage as many people as possible to try planting, growing and best of all harvesting their own fruit and veg. Each month there will be a case study, seasonal ideas and a delicious recipe for you to try, plus the chance to win £10,000 of Neff appliances. Read all about it in the April 2011 issue

Pick up a copy of Good Homes this month (Jan 2010) for my 'Your guide to home cinema' feature. Whether you fancy a new TV but don't know your 1080p from your HD, are confused by Blu-ray or dream of creating your own cinema room I've explained the lot in an easy to understand, jargon free way. Buy your copy today!

My review of the rather excellent Lavazza coffee machine is now live on Pocket-lint . For £119 you'll be hard pushed to find a better value more impressive worktop pleaser. The espresso is seriously good, the machine's compact enough not to get in the way and frothing milk is surprisingly easy.

By me in the latest (Jan 2010) issue of FHM : Man Mountain , a look at the best in winter sport tech for the coming chilly season. Sadly Burton want their stunning Method board back. Shame, I hear snow's on the way...

Chris Haslam is an award winning consumer technology journalist with over 15 year's experience.  Previously Consumer Editor for Ideal Home and BBC Good Homes Chris has since carved out a freelance career and contributes to a wide range of titles including WIRED, Sunday Times, T3, BBC Music, Expert Reviews, Stuff, British Airways High Life, Mail on Sunday, Metro, Grand Designs, Ideal Home, House Beautiful, Living Etc and many others. As contributing editor for WIRED UK he specialises in audio, smart home, sustainability and all things outdoors. Testing tents in McLaren's Monsoon chamber remains a career highlight, while pitching reviews of exercise bikes a week before lockdown 1.0, was one of his smarter moves. Chris is also a well regarded copywriter and consultant working across a broad range of brands with everything from pre-release reviews, copy editing, content creation and training.  In a bid to save the planet he also wrote 'How Can I stop Climate Change? ' fo...