It’s nearly time to find out who’s faithful and who’s about to betray everyone else, and Yankee Candle has found a suitably dramatic way to get us in the mood for The Traitors.

There’s nothing more niid-setting than lighting the perfect scented candle, and to mark the launch of Celebrity Traitors season 2, the brand has released two new candles inspired by the show – and you can choose your scent based on which side you’d rather be on. There’s the Faithful candle, designed around the ‘scent of loyalty’, or the Traitor candle, otherwise known as the ‘scent of treachery’.

Both come in black or white wax to match their allegiance, with The Traitors logo on the label. You can also choose between two jar styles, with both scents available in both Signature and Original-shaped jars.

The Yankee Candle x The Traitors collection is available to shop online now, with candles priced at £30. And if you’re genuinely struggling to decide which side you belong on, there’s even a quiz you can take to settle the matter.

So – now for the big question… are you a faithful, or a traitor?

Having discovered HexClad’s brilliant range of pans (and knives) last year, our kitchen appliances and cookware editor Molly is a total convert to the brand’s hybrid cooking surface that is both non-stick and safe to use with metal utensils.

So when we heard that HexClad was launching a range of new bakeware with the same finish, I put my hand up (well… more like thrust it up repeatedly and excitedly) to test it out.

Available now, the new HexClad hybrid bakeware collection has been four years in the making, each piece boasting a PFAS-free TerraBond ceramic nonstick coating that withstands oven temperatures up to a whopping 480°C.

It comes in a six-piece set, featuring two round cake tins (Dia. 23cm), a rectangular tray bake pan measuring 23 x L33cm, a square cake pan (W20 x L20cm), a medium baking sheet (W25 x L38cm) and a stainless-steel cooling rack that nestles neatly in the baking sheet.

On first impression, the edges and corners of each piece are smooth and sleek. If you own cake tins with crusty baked-in batter that has crept into the thin edges (which is nigh on impossible to remove), you’ll totally love this bakeware set.

The round tins don’t have a springform design that would potentially harbour baked-in cake. The non-stick coating on all of them is designed to allow baked goods to pop out without any resistance.

I made a couple of cakes to put the pans through their paces. As our expert reviewer and home economist Helen found in her HexClad 7-piece cookware set review, I, too, loved using the HexClad range.

As Helen says, ‘the design really is very clever, and all foods glide across the surface of these pans.’ Helen was wowed by the cookware, giving it top marks, and I would be tempted to do the same with the new bakeware collection.

Like the cookware range, each piece of bakeware needs to be seasoned before using it. This is neither difficult nor time-consuming. A quick slick of oil and pop them in the oven for a few minutes, and you’re done.

While the bakeware features a non-stick coating, HexClad does recommend that you either butter or oil the surface first before adding the cake mix, or line it with greaseproof paper. In the name of testing, I did both, but I only used strips of paper to see if the areas that weren’t lined released the baked cakes as easily as those that were.

I baked a classic school cake in the rectangular pan and an apple cake in the round pan. On both tests, they passed with flying colours. When fully baked, both cakes lifted out without any resistance whatsoever. The entire range is dishwasher safe, too, and if you can’t wait to take the cake out of the pan before cutting into it with a knife, you can do so without damaging the coating, as with all HexClad cookware.

Throughout its four-year development, the new bakeware collection was rigorously tested by the brand’s product and engineering teams, as well as a host of well-known chefs and restaurateurs including Gordon Ramsay, Massimo Bottura and Clare Smyth. And each piece comes with a lifetime warranty.

The obvious caveat is that it’s not cheap – the six-piece set will set you back £299. While that may not be what an occasional baker might be keen to shell out for, if you’re a regular baker, you might be tempted to stump up the extra for a quality kit like this. Alternatively, they’d make a very generous Christmas gift or excellent wedding present to a close loved one.

On the whole, it’s pretty exciting that HexClad has branched out into bakeware, despite the long time it’s taken the company to develop it. But hopefully this means that HexClad will have more launches in the pipeline soon that we can share with you…

The Cotswold Company has teamed up with the National Trust on a brand-new furniture collection – and there are already a few pieces I have my eye on.

The National Trust Heritage Collection is all about timeless furniture with a distinctly British feel, combining traditional woodworking techniques with more contemporary designs. There’s everything from bedside tables and chests of drawers to an upholstered coffee table that I’m particularly tempted by for my own living room.

Prices start at £199, which feels pretty reasonable considering many of the pieces are made from 100% solid oak. There are two collections to choose from for now: the Upton Washed Oak range, and Chastleton, which comes in Willow Green and Stone.

And there’s another reason to feel good about adding one of these pieces to your home. The National Trust will donate a minimum of £30,000 from the collection to support nature restoration projects in the Cotswolds. The money will go towards restoring wildflower grasslands and ancient woodlands, creating wildlife corridors and supporting the reintroduction of lost species.

So, if you’re after furniture that feels classic without looking dated, this new collection is well worth a browse – especially if, like me, you’re partial to a good solid-oak piece.

The National Trust x The Cotswold Company furniture collection

Will you be picking up any of these pieces today?

Keep an eye out come spring 2027, for more releases from this stunning Cotswold Company x National Trust collection.