Ariel (detergent) Automatic" powder. Though with the increasing popularity of automatic front-loading washing machines, a suitable low-suds variant "Ariel Automatic" was eventually launched in the early 1980s. The mid-eighties saw the range expanding to encompass liquid detergent and compact powder. The compact powder was originally known as "Ariel Ultra"; and was subsequently reformulated into the nineties as "Ariel Future". This was possibly in response to Unilever's launch of the ultimately doomed "Persil Power", which was seen to damage clothes. Compact powders never proved popular in the UK, so when the tablet variant appeared in July 1999, the compact version disappeared. In 2003,
Household Words Evans, publication ceased and "Household Words" was replaced by "All the Year Round", in which he had greater control. The journal contained a mixture of fiction and nonfiction. A large amount of the non-fiction dealt with the social issues of the time. Prominent works that were serialised in "Household Words" include: Dickens also collaborated with other staff writers on a number of Christmas stories and plays for seasonal issues of the magazine. These included: Other contributors to "Household Words" included author James Payn. A complete key to who wrote what and for how much in "Household Words" was compiled in