Cookie Policy

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, phone or tablet when you visit a website. They let a website recognise your device and remember things about your visit, such as your preferences or what you did last time.

Some cookies are needed for a website to work at all. Others are used to measure how a site is used, to remember choices, or to support advertising.

How we use cookies

We use cookies to keep this website working and secure, to remember your preferences, to understand how visitors use the site so we can improve it, and — where it applies — to support advertising.

Where the law requires it, we ask for your consent before setting anything that is not strictly necessary.

Strictly necessary

These are needed for the website to operate and to keep it secure. They cannot be turned off, because the site will not work properly without them. Consent is not generally required for cookies that are strictly necessary to provide a service you have asked for.

Functional

These remember choices you make, such as your language, and can provide more personalised features. Where required, they are used only with your consent.

Analytics

These help us understand how visitors use the site — which pages are read, how people move around, and where something goes wrong. We use this to improve the site. They are used only with your consent where the law requires it.

Marketing

These may be used to build a picture of your interests across websites and to show advertising that is more relevant to you. They may be set by us or by advertising partners, and are used only with your consent.

Third-party cookies

Some parts of this website are provided by other companies — embedded videos, maps, social features, payment services or advertising platforms, for example. Those services may set their own cookies, which are controlled by them and covered by their own privacy and cookie policies, not this one.

The cookies on this website

Managing your choices

The first time you visit, you are asked which kinds of non-essential cookies you are happy with. You can change your mind whenever you like, using the button below or the Cookies tab in the corner of every page.

Withdrawing your consent does not affect anything that was done while it was given. You can also control and delete cookies in your browser's settings, though blocking some of them may stop parts of this website working.

How long cookies last

Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies stay on your device for a set period, or until you delete them. Where we know it, the lifetime of each cookie is shown in the list above.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy to reflect changes to the cookies we use, to this website, or to the law. Any update is published on this page and the date above changes with it.

Contact us

If you have any questions about this policy or our use of cookies, please contact: