The phones started ringing in June and they haven't stopped. Homeowners at Britain's top holiday parks are seeing bookings hit record levels this summer. 'I could have rented our lodge three times over,' says Lyndsey Lake, 47, who owns a large two-bedroom lodge with en-suite bathrooms and a private garden …...Read More
Is it worth buying a home on a holiday park?
Yes a good lemon tree can be pricey - but it's an investment that will really bear fruit
Last year I bought myself a present of two very large lemon trees. It was entirely unplanned but I was at the Malvern Spring Festival, saw the trees, had just finished working on my Paradise Garden and it seemed like the right thing to do. I do not have a …...Read More
Houses with dedicated home-schooling rooms are in big demand
When the UK froze in late March, parents across the country were suddenly called upon to home-school their children. The theory was simple - while Mum and Dad worked from home, little Janet and John would be following lessons online. Learning would take place around the kitchen table. The reality …...Read More
HISTORICAL
THE ALL TRUE ADVENTURES (AND RARE EDUCATION) OF DAREDEVIL DANIEL BONES by Owen Booth (4th Estate £14.99, 352 pp) THE ALL TRUE ADVENTURES (AND RARE EDUCATION) OF DAREDEVIL DANIEL BONES by Owen Booth (4th Estate £14.99, 352 pp)(4th Estate £14.99, 352 pp) This captivating caper, inspired by the real-life rapscallion …...Read More
Former Bishop of Edinburgh reveals why he is moving back to the Church after becoming agnostic
Society STORIES WE TELL OURSELVES by Richard Holloway (Canongate £16.99, 272pp) How does a child begin to understand the stars, the menace of thunder — or the death of a grandparent? How can any of us explain human cruelty and can anything help us come to terms with suffering? Who …...Read More
Sue Perkins reveals the VERY embarrassing injury she suffered after falling off a ladder
Anthology Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You by Adam Kay (Trapeze £16.99, 416 pp) ‘The hours are terrible, the pay is terrible, the conditions are terrible; you’re underappreciated, unsupported, disrespected and frequently physically endangered. But there’s no better job in the world.’ That’s how doctor-turned-comedy writer Adam Kay …...Read More
WHAT BOOK would comedian and presenter Julian Clary take to a desert island?
. . . are you reading now? Babes In The Wood by Graham Bartlett and Peter James. I have been an avid reader of true crime all my life. It is considered a little sordid and grubby by some and, in bookshops, it’s invariably displayed on the bottom shelf in …...Read More
So what gives women the edge? It's the X-factor!
Science The Better Half by Sharon Moalem (Allen Lane £20, 288pp) On Radio 4 the other day, a female virologist was explaining that, across the globe, two-thirds of all deaths from Covid-19 are men. ‘And we don’t have the faintest idea why,’ she went on. And here, in hard covers, …...Read More
The secret love Beethoven took to his grave
BOOK OF THE WEEK Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces by Laura Tunbridge (Viking £16.99, 288 pp) What would Beethoven have made of the fact that the global celebrations of the 250th anniversary of his birth were kiboshed by a nasty microscopic virus from the East? Well, judging by this …...Read More
