I’m loving the attention my new ‘black and blum water carafe with charcoal filter’ is getting. I totally copied the idea from one of my (minxiest of minxy) mates, but am now enjoying taking all the credit for discovering such a covetable kitchen accessory. I’m lapping up the adulation from friends as I explain how it works with a scientific knowledge and intelligence that even Stephen Hawking would be impressed with. “Oh, it’s very straightforward really” I patronizingly say,