Cookie policy

Cookies are small files a website can store in your browser. This site doesn’t need them, so it sets none when you visit, and there is no cookie banner to click through.

What we don’t use

No advertising or tracking cookies, and no Google Analytics. Our visitor statistics work without cookies; our privacy policy explains what they record.

When cookies can be set

  • Leaving a tribute. If you tick “Save my name and email in this browser”, cookies named comment_author_…, comment_author_email_… and comment_author_url_… remember your details for next time. They last just under a year. Leave the box unticked and none are set.
  • Playing a YouTube video. When you press play, the video comes from YouTube’s privacy-enhanced service (youtube-nocookie.com), and YouTube may then store cookies or similar data in your browser. Nothing loads from YouTube until you press play.
  • Security checks. If Cloudflare, which protects the site, needs to check that a visitor is a person rather than a bot, it may set a short-lived security cookie such as __cf_bm or cf_clearance. These are needed to keep the site safe and are not used for tracking.
  • Looking after the site. The people who edit the site get WordPress’s usual sign-in cookies. Visitors never do.

Managing cookies

You can delete or block cookies in your browser’s settings. The site works without them.

Last updated 26 October 2026.