DEBORAH ROSS: If anyone can find beauty by the M25, it's hawk-eyed Helen

The Hidden Wilds Of The Motorway Tuesday, BBC4 Rating: Celebrity Snoop Dogs Friday, Channel 4 Rating: So much recent TV has been harrowing. Netflix’s documentary on Jeffrey Epstein was harrowing. Athlete A (also Netflix), about the American gymnasts abused by their team doctor, was harrowing. Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy …...Read More

From Alan Davies' The Tuesday Club to The Penguin Podcast and About Race: this week's top podcasts

The Tuesday Club I am full of admiration for the sports podcasts that have ground on through the pandemic despite having no matches to pore over. With football starting up again, now’s the time to return to this wonderful Arsenal podcast, presented by QI’s Alan Davies But with football starting …...Read More

From Tom Hanks in Greyhound to Cate Blanchett's Stateless: The best on demand TV this week

APPLE TV+, BRITBOX, ACORN TV, SKY & AMAZON Greyhound Things went rapidly south the last time Tom Hanks was in charge of an ocean-going vessel – in Captain Phillips. Now he’s heading into choppy waters again as a newly promoted officer commanding a US Navy destroyer (call sign ‘Greyhound’) protecting …...Read More

Jasper Fforde, David Mitchell, Clare Chambers and Sabine Durrant: This week's best new fiction

Utopia Avenue David Mitchell Sceptre £20 When Dean, late of the group Battleship Potemkin, teams up with Elf, Jasper and Griff to form a new band, another triumph of hope over experience looks inevitable. But for two giddy years, until tragedy strikes, Utopia Avenue really fly, enjoying cult status on …...Read More

The History Of Magic review: Vast and transformational

The History Of Magic Chris Gosden Viking £25 Rating: There is nothing in these pages about conjuring tricks, sawing women in half, muggles, rabbits or wands. For Chris Gosden, Professor of European Archeology at Oxford University, magic should be taken as seriously as religion and science, not least because it …...Read More

Haim album review: They bring the smooth harmonies of all the great sibling acts

Haim Women In Music Pt III Out now Rating: There are bands that become well established while remaining a mystery to many music-lovers. You may be vaguely aware that Haim are three sisters from Los Angeles, or that they get compared to Fleetwood Mac. But do you know any of …...Read More

Head to Bristol if you want urban bustle and wild countryside on your doorstep

There’s always been a vibrancy and edginess to Bristol. I know, because I grew up there. I adore the city’s diversity; from swanky Clifton with its grand Georgian mansions and great expanse of green known as The Downs, to Brunel’s Suspension Bridge, which has spanned the Avon Gorge for 150 …...Read More

Create a bedroom space that adapts as your youngster grows up

Putting together a creative and practical design scheme for a child’s bedroom that will stand the test of time is no mean feat. But an artful blend of hardworking furniture complemented by informal, fun accents will deliver a look that can evolve along with your child. Here are some handy …...Read More

Monty Don says there's never been a better year to enter our National Garden Competition

For the past 25 years the Daily Mail has held its annual garden competition. For the past 15 of those years I have written about it. If I am honest, my advice and encouragement has altered very little over the years, and at its core will not change for the …...Read More

Birthplace of Lord Palmerston goes on sale in London for £14.8m

Advertisement While it is not quite 10 Downing Street, prospective buyers with deep pockets can own a slice of political history as a London home that was the birthplace of former Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, is now on the market. The six bedroom home is located in Queen Anne's Gate, …...Read More