Article: USELESS? MY GADGETS ARE SIMPLY ESSENTIAL! Foot spa, fondue set, SodaStream - how dare they call such brilliant items junk, fumes TOM SYKES.(News)

Byline: TOM SYKES

IT WAS one of those mornings where I couldn't work out whether I was awake or dreaming. Next to my head, an alarming amount of spluttering and bubbling was taking place on the bedside table.

Gingerly, I reached out and switched on the light - and it was only then that I realised what was causing all the noise. On my table, the night before, I had set up an ancient Teasmade - an extraordinary contraption, half alarm clock half kettle, that was invented, believe it or not, in the 1930s and became a huge hit in the Fifties and Sixties thanks to an alluring promise to wake its owner up with a freshly brewed cup of tea. Now, just inches from ...

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