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A Bolton charity which has been working to bring a historic building back to life is celebrating its successes and looking forward to what the…

This Lib Dem enclave is the birthplace of Felicity Kendal and former stomping ground of Edwardian naturalist Edith Holden. Today it has a bustling shopping parade and the famed friary.

Book signings, discussions and other literary events in and around Colorado Springs.

27 years after her first shop, Cath Kidston became a victim of the pandemic. Furniture retailer DFS has now launched its first collaboration with Cath Kidston

Published: 12:04 PM May 4, 2021    Updated: 3:15 PM May 4, 2021 The Hampstead Summer Festival culminates on July 4, 2021 with a family garden party including activities for children - Credit: Keats Community Library A scaled down Hampstead Summer festival runs over two weekends in the garden of Keats House with open air theatre, family events, folk music and an art exhibition. After being forced to cancel in 2020, the annual community event is back with highlights including an al fresco ...

The book I am currently reading Paradise Block by Alice Ash – a collection of searingly brilliant short stories all set in the same tower block. She is a witch with words. The book that changed my life The Republic of Motherhood by Liz Berry. My friend Stef put me on to this after we had a conversation about postnatal depression and I realised I probably had it. It’s a collection of raw and beautiful poems about how hard motherhood can be. I reread it often. The book I wish I’d w...

Many of us have picked up all manner of extraordinary habits in the past year — growing new spring onions from trimmed ones, fermenting anything and everything, baking banana bread, whether we like it or not (I’m very much in the ‘or not’ camp). But as a lover of fresh flowers, the trend that surprises me most is the seemingly unstoppable rise of dried blooms, with sales up 115 per cent during our various lockdowns. At 55, I think I am both too young and too old for this trend. Sure, in...