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We've just set up the blog page on the website and we'll try to only "blog" when we have something new or interesting to say! So here goes - if you are looking for prescription sports sunglasses we've just taken delivery of a new Evolution model (made for us) called Geneva RX. It's a really clever design featuring an "inner frame" for the lenses - this basically means the lens itself isn't too curved but the sunglass frame is. The benefit being that it's not a difficult job for an optician (most …

We have just given the website a "make over" with a new look. With more and more customers accessing websites from portable devices like tablets we wanted to make the search and shopping experience easier and simpler - and more suited to smaller screens. So the links for 'search by sport' and 'search by brand' are now much more prominent on the home page. And similarly we have made the search for specialist items like 'over glasses' easier - they are now higher up and more obvious on the left …

A very good article was posted in the Health section of the BBC News website pointing out that just as the sun can burn our skin, it can burn the surface of the eye, and exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays is also linked to serious eye conditions. That's why wearing sunglasses is essential when outdoors in the summer as good quality (UV400 rated) sunglasses block UVR. Quoted in the article was Raj Das-Bhaumik, a consultant ophthalmic plastic surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, who said: …