Exploding Kittens

What else do you need to know other than Monopoly and Pokémon hooked up and had the cutest baby you’ve ever seen? Well, instead of the usual thimble or iron, they’ve replaced them with solid metal Pokémon characters. Even if you don’t play the game it’s worth getting just for those. However, you’ll probably want to play the game. In this edition you travel through all eight gyms, battling their leaders, plus with Trainer Battle and Professor Oak cards replacing the usual Chance and Community Chest, you’re in for a fun mix of surprises.

A home oven tops out well short of the heat a proper pizza needs. The Ooni Koda 2 is a gas-fired pizza oven for the garden that gets there. It takes pizzas of 14 inches and over, and weighs 16kg, so it can go on a table or into the boot of a car. Ooni have redesigned the burner with a tapered flame that spreads heat more evenly across the stone than the original Koda, and the stone comes back up to temperature 20% faster between pizzas. Setup takes a few minutes, and it cleans itself by burning off whatever’s left. It comes in black, slate blue, or green.

The first Anglepoise was designed in 1932 by George Carwardine, a car engineer who specialised in suspension. He worked out that a set of springs could balance a lamp arm so that it stayed in whatever position you left it. The Type 75 Mini is a smaller version of Sir Kenneth Grange’s redesign of the lamp. Grange also designed the nose of the InterCity 125 and the Kenwood Chef. The springs sit on the outside of the arm, it moves with very little effort and holds its position, and the shade points the light at your desk rather than into your eyes. It’s sized for a smaller desk, and it comes in a wide range of colours.