What are cookies?
“Cookies” are text files stored on your browser (e.g. Firefox, Internet Explorer Safari or Chrome) on your computer or other browsing device, such as a tablet or phone. Websites can read and write these files, so they can personalise and improve your viewing experience or preferences when viewing a website.
Essential cookies
Some cookies on this site are essential, and the site may well not work as expected without them. This is particularly the case if you have login credentials: you may not be able to log in without accepting cookies. Cookies may be set when you first launch the site, and others set when you submit a form, login or interact with the site in some other way, by doing something that goes beyond clicking on simple links.
Improving your experience
We may also use some non-essential cookies to anonymously track visitors or enhance your experience of the site.
We do not include any advertising or associated cookies on this website.
By using our websites, you accept the use of cookies in these ways.
Alternatively you can choose to disable cookies via as far as we know all browsers. Or you can decline to use our websites – but we’d be sorry to see you go!
Disabling and enabling cookies
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings on your browser. allaboutcookies.org offers some detailed information for doing this using a wide variety of browsers, and aboutcookies.org offers more information about deleting and controlling cookies.