Six things to know about owning a heat pump

Plus: How we will be 'nudged' this winter, an extreme saver's plan to retire by 47, and Camilla Tominey discusses alcohol addiction [View in browser]( Thursday October 21 2021 [The Telegraph]( By Chris Evans, EDITOR Dear Reader, Sajid Javid, the Health Secretary, has ruled out the imminent return of Covid restrictions this winter but he was clear yesterday that he wants the public’s [behaviour to change in order to save Christmas](. Yet could this be part of a psychological ploy to coerce us into compliance? Laura Dodsworth looks at some of the [tricks the Government might be using to achieve its aims](. (Stay up to date with the biggest news stories with our free News Headlines newsletter. [Sign up here.]( This week, the Government launched its strategy for reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Central to the approach is a plan to decarbonise Britain’s home heating, which focuses heavily on heat pumps and [a ban on gas boilers](. If you're planning to make the switch, here are six things you need to know about [what owning a heat pump really entails](. Mad World, Bryony Gordon’s excellent podcast about mental health, is back for Addiction Awareness Week. In a moving and powerful episode, and written article, our Associate Editor Camilla Tominey talks about how her mother’s untimely death from alcohol [drove her to confront her own problem-drinking]( and why, as a society, we seem to have a serious problem talking about drink. Nick Marsh is 30 and plans to retire by 47. He doesn’t have a giant inheritance or vast income – he’s part of a new micro-culture of millennials who call themselves “Fire” (“financial independence, retire early”). [Nick tells Jessica Beard how he plans to get there.]( Chris You can enjoy four months of unlimited access to our website and app for just £3. [Start your free trial.]( My Choices [Illustration Boris on donkey holding carrot]( How we will be ‘nudged’ this winter. Could the parade of ministers and health advisers urging us to help ‘save Christmas’ [be up to their old tricks?]( [Illustration heat pump with cartoon family]( Six things you'll only know if you have a heat pump. As Boris Johnson encourages people to replace their gas boilers, [new converts tell us what the low-carbon alternative actually involves](. [Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki]( Poland's 'intelligent Brexit' means it can have its cake and eat it. Learn why Warsaw won't make the [same mistakes as Britain in its battle with Brussels over 'Polexit'](. (Free to read) [Illustration Camilla Tominey and Bryony Gordon]( ‘Watching my mother drink herself to death made me face up to my own problem with alcohol.’ Camilla Tominey speaks to Bryony Gordon [about addiction and becoming teetotal](. [Nick Marsh]( ‘I travel the world, won’t inherit a penny but will retire at 47 – this is my plan.’ Extreme saver Nick Marsh is on course to turn his £75,000 Isa into an 'everlasting pot' of £900,000. [Here's how.]( [Mary Quant]( How Mary Quant changed the way women dress: ‘She made us feel more [comfortable and more liberated’](. (Free to read) What did you think? Let us know how we're doing using the feedback button below or tweet me [@chrisevans1](. Although I am unable to respond individually to all the emails I receive, I am grateful to you for sending them to me. [Send feedback](mailto:Totheeditor@telegraph.co.uk) We hope you enjoyed our newsletter. If you have questions or feedback, please visit our [help page](. If you have questions about your Telegraph subscription, including delivery issues or technical ones, [please visit this page]( and contact us that way. If you would like a letter to the Editor published in The Telegraph, email it to [dtletters@telegraph.co.uk.](mailto:dtletters@telegraph.co.uk) Please include name, address, work and home telephone numbers. See more Telegraph newsletters [News Headlines]( | [Cookbook]( | [Cars]( | [Good News]( We have sent you this email because you have either asked us to or because we think it will interest you. [Unsubscribe]( | [Update your preferences]( For any other questions, please visit our help page [here](. Any offers included in this email come with their own Terms and Conditions, which you can see by clicking on the offer link. We may withdraw offers without notice. Telegraph Media Group Limited or its group companies - 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT. Registered in England under No 451593.