Deadwater Fell Friday, Channel 4 Rating: White House Farm Wednesday, ITV Rating: Two new crime dramas this week, one fictional and one factual, and both involving the murder of small children, so that’s a nice start to the New Year. But our fascination with crime will likely make us take the plunge anyhow. Actually, the … Read more
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Great British Boltholes: Padstow Townhouse is the place to visit for pure indulgence and bags of Cornish charm Padstow Townhouse is a Georgian guesthouse near the harbour in Padstow It is part of chef Paul Ainsworth’s family of local restaurants There are six suites that have ‘all the expected amenities, with knobs on’ By Vicki … Read more
Susannah Cahalan’s The Great Pretender is a gripping work of detection into the 1973 experiment that changed the course of psychiatry By Sarah Ditum Published: 22:01 GMT, 18 January 2020 | Updated: 15:33 GMT, 21 January 2020 The Great Pretender Susannah Cahalan … Read more
A PIG CALLED ALICE by Paul Heiney (The History Press £10.99, 176 pp) A PIG CALLED ALICE by Paul Heiney (The History Press £10.99, 176 pp) It’s often said that pigs are smarter than dogs, but it’s rare to find a farmer who regards his hog as man’s best friend. In this slim volume, Paul … Read more
Great Dixter’s Aaron Bertelsen shows you how to make a potager on your patio in his lushly illustrated, inspiring book, Grow Fruit & Vegetables In Pots By Laura Freeman Published: 22:01 GMT, 8 February 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 8 February 2020 Grow Fruit & Vegetables In Pots: Planting Advice & Recipes From Great Dixter … Read more
Great British Boltholes: Take a tour to Jeremy Clarkson’s local in Oxfordshire, which offers six bedrooms and tender pheasant pie The Kingham Plough in Oxfordshire is ‘handsomely decorated’, says T. D. Isacke The restaurant has just been given a Good Food Award for Gastro Pubs There are also six bedrooms spread across the main building and an … Read more
Britain at its best: A Dickens of a town in the heart of Medway, Kent, that inspired Great Expectations Charles Dickens ‘adored’ Rochester, writes the Daily Mail’s Rob Crossan This year marks the 150th anniversary of the author’s death To mark the occasion, Rochester will be opening a gallery focusing on his life By Rob … Read more
The bushfire season may be coming to an end, but is it safe to go to Australia? The short answer is: yes. Only three per cent of the country’s land mass has been affected by the deadly bushfires that began in earnest in November, and most tourist destinations are ‘not impacted’, according to Tourism Australia. … Read more
One man’s misery is another man’s opportunity to bag a bargain. And, as the number of properties repossessed by mortgage lenders rises, savvy buyers are snapping up unbeatable deals. The latest figures from UK Finance, the banking trade body, reveals that the number of homeowner properties taken into possession in the final quarter of last … Read more