7 laptop-bag essentials for remote work, based on decades of experience

It's getting a bit too hot in the office now -- the mercury hit a whopping 92 F here in the UK the other day, so we're already whining and wishing it was winter again -- so I'm spending less time in the office and more time out and about.

But there's always work to do, so that means the trusty laptop often comes along.

Just the other day, I cleaned out my laptop bag, threw out a fair bit of detritus I'd collected.