Nancy Watson also revealed the secret to a long life was “smiling, laughing, joking and drinking Guinness”. She admitted she was “scared stiff” of riding the bike, but managed to keep a smile on her face as she went through with the long-term promise to do it on the big ...
Sat amongst one of the busiest transport junctions in London where busses, trains and tubes arrive and depart at monotonously frequent intervals lies a restaurant providing the perfect accessible all-day fare for travellers moving in and out of this up-and-coming SW8 hot spot. Since opening in February 2015, COUNTER has established a cult-following ...
Nature-loving Kate Burrows and her partner Alan built their home out of tree trunks, mud and straw after being forced out of their rented home by her permanent flu-like symptoms. Kate, who has lived in the hut in Tarka Valley, near Chumleigh, Devon, for 19 months, says the extreme move ...
If you had to say what is one thing you would never want to imagine, Theresa May and John Bercow showering together is probably top of my list. Well maybe just after Gary Barlow doing anything. Somehow this cropped up in today’s session, but more of that later, as I ...
With plenty of exciting restaurant openings constantly taking place across the Capital, here’s our pick of the best new restaurants arriving in London over the coming month. Bōkan – Canary Wharf Joining the city’s constantly growing list of sky-high restaurants, Bōkan will open at Novotel London Canary Wharf this month. Set across the 37th, ...
China’s thriving wine market will be worth more than the UK by 2020, VINEXPO has forecast. The UK will be pushed into third place among the world’s biggest wine markets when sales of still and sparkling wine reach $21 billion in China compared to $16 billion in the UK. The ...
By Linda Marric Seventy years after India’s partition, Gurinder Chadha delivers one of the most comprehensive looks at what went on during those tumultuous times. Her latest feature film Viceroy’s House is an ambitious undertaking which charters the last days of the British Raj and pays tribute to the millions ...
A recent report from the Trade Union Congress showed that unsecured borrowing increased sharply over 2016 to that point that, by the end of the year, each household owed an average of £12,887 - the highest amount on record. The Bank of England separately issued their own statistics, according to ...
With the release of their first album in five years, 'VOIDS', coming up on 3rd March, Minus The Bear have announced a string of EU/UK dates for June 2017. The dates will feature support from Joan of Arc along with an appearance with American Football at So36 in Berlin. The new ...