Advertisement A couple with a passion for interior design have lifted the lid on what it's really like to transform a whole house, proving renovations are not for the faint-hearted - revealing they were greeted with terracotta tiles throughout the ground floor, urine-rotted floorboards in the bathroom and needed 'skip …...Read More
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Towns where buyers would benefit most from a stamp duty cut revealed
The places where homebuyers could benefit the most from a proposed stamp duty holiday have been revealed, with potential savings of up to £15,000. The biggest potential savings on the tax bill for buying an average home outside of London would be in Surrey's Dorking, Hampshire's Lymington and Surrey's Sunbury-on-Thames, …...Read More
Free To Vote, But Not Free Of Fear: Residents Of Gangster Vikas Dubey's Village
As one enters the village, the palatial house of Vikas Dubey, stands testimony to his reign. Three years and 11 months have passed, but uncertainty and fear still loom large over late gangster Vikas Dubey's village. "Azad hain magar bekhauf nahin (we are free but an unknown fear still lurks)," …...Read More
Mothers and Daughters: Sophie Morgan - 'I felt guilty that, because of me, Mum's life changed, too'
How do you turn one of the worst things that could happen into a positive? For TV presenter Sophie Morgan, left paraplegic after a car crash, her mother Carol’s can-do attitude was inspirational Sophie with mum Carol in 2011 Sophie’s story TV presenter and disability rights campaigner Sophie Morgan, 35, …...Read More
Is your child addicted to gambling?
I turned £5 into £90 betting on football so thought I must be good at it. That was disastrous Smartphones, online gaming and shrewd marketing have led to such a shocking rise in young problem gamblers, the NHS has opened a specialist clinic solely for teenage addicts. And the scariest …...Read More
Elizabeth Day: I can't run away from my grief any longer
Hair: Fabio Nogueira. Make-up: Ruby Hammer. Styling: Holly Elgeti. Dress, Stine Goya, fenwick.co.uk. Jewellery, AlIghieri So, lockdown is finally being eased. Hooray! We can again buy cheap athleisure-wear at Primark, have our grey hairs tinted by hazmat-suited hairdressers and enjoy a socially distanced pint. Life is slowly inventing a new …...Read More
How to have an adventure in your own postcode with the the Randonautica app
As we push through the branches I feel excited. I scan the ground. I think this is it!’ I say To look for buried treasure these days you don’t need a map – just an app. Flic Everett has her mind blown by the secret worlds that anyone can find …...Read More
Beauty: Make-up and masks? Here's how
If no one can see your mouth behind that mask, you’ve got to make it all about the eyes If no one can see your mouth, you’ve got to make it all about the eyes Forgive me for using that now much overused phrase ‘the new normal’ but times being …...Read More
A fright at the British Museum: The spooky experiences of staff and visitors
The museum is awash with sightings of the paranormal. Pretty much everybody who works there agrees that the objects all hold a lot of energy The British Museum is home to the largest collection of ancient relics and bones, so it’s not surprising that staff and visitors have experienced thousands …...Read More
'Tom Kha', Coconut & Galangal Soup
Dish out into bowls, giving each one a good squeeze of fresh lime juice and topping with half the Thai basil This is one of my all-time favourite soups and an absolute classic. In Thailand, it is eaten more in the style of a curry, with ladles of the soup …...Read More
