Cookies: nothing before you say so.
Until you make a choice, this site sets only the cookies it cannot work without. Everything else waits for your consent — genuinely nothing non-essential loads first.
The categories
| Category | What it does | Before consent? |
|---|---|---|
| Essential | Keeps you signed in and protects the site from abuse. There is no basket on this site, so nothing basket-shaped is stored. The site cannot run without these. | Yes — always on |
| Analytics | Helps us understand which pages help and which confuse, in aggregate. No advertising, no profiles sold. | No — only if you opt in |
| Marketing | We don’t currently use any marketing or advertising cookies. If that ever changed, they would be off by default and this page would say so first. | No — not used |
Changing your mind
You’ll be able to change your cookie choices at any time using a “Cookie choices” link in the site footer, which reopens the same banner you see on your first visit. Withdrawing consent takes effect immediately. (The consent banner and that footer link arrive together — they’re being built now.)
You can also clear or block cookies in your browser settings — the site will keep working, though you may need to sign in again.
One technical note, in the interest of accuracy: your cookie choice itself is not stored in a cookie at all, but in your browser’s local storage — a small setting that stays on your device, is never sent to us, and is removed when you clear your browsing data. The exact cookie names, lifetimes and providers will be listed here once the production analytics choice is confirmed. See also our privacy notice.