As the prefects guffawed, MPs stared daggers: HENRY DEEDES watches Matt Hancock announce Covid tiers

And so came the tiers. There was no actual blubbing in the chamber when Matt Hancock announced his post-lockdown restrictions yesterday. Some Tory MPs looked jolly close to turning on the waterworks though. Blimey, were they cross! The Health Secretary had just announced that all of them – barring members for Cornwall, the Isles of … Read more

Great British boltholes: A review of The Three Daggers in Wiltshire, AA Pub of the Year for England

Great British boltholes: Inside an AA ‘pub of the year’ that’s the beating heart of an ancient village and wows with immaculate bedrooms and a hot tub in secluded grounds Three Daggers in Wlitshire is owned by Chad Pike, a vice-chairman of a New York-based investment firm The pub features three bedrooms with ‘expensive finishes … Read more