Culture
Cotswold Life
Reasons To Be Cheerful
Sue Limb suggests we forget about the woes of Parliament for a while and get ourselves along to Stroud for five days of jolly good fun
5 min |
November 2019
Cotswold Life
If Clouds Were Sheep
Former Cotswold Life journalist Sue Andrews talks about pedigree Texel sheep, her new book and how dreams can grow from small beginnings
4 min |
November 2019
Cotswold Life
Friends United
An horrific accident led to Stroud artist Sophie Hughes taking her work in a whole new direction, says Tracy Spiers, and now she’s teaming up with ceramicist and friend Anne James for a joint exhibition
4 min |
November 2019
Cotswold Life
The Wild World Of Nat Morley
Gloucestershire artist Nat Morley’s woodcut prints and oil paintings are as distinctive as the artist herself
3 min |
October 2019
Cotswold Life
The Pleasures Of Farmland
Adrian Cannon, rural partner at Tayler & Fletcher, extols the very real rewards of owning farmland
2 min |
October 2019
Cotswold Life
The Peter Wyton Poem
Hallowe’en, scary scene.
1 min |
October 2019
Cotswold Life
The Abbey Habit
Julian Fellowes is at this month’s Cheltenham Literature Festival, talking about the hotly-anticipated new Downton Abbey – yes, it’s out! – film. Katie Jarvis (who had a sneak movie preview) chatted to him about royalty, loyalty, courtesy and costumes
10+ min |
October 2019
Cotswold Life
Rise Of The Silver Gamer
It’s not just teenagers who are obsessed with video games – up and down the country the older generation are grabbing the controls for themselves
3 min |
October 2019
Cotswold Life
October Highlights
Watch out for.
5 min |
October 2019
Cotswold Life
Naples Comes To Northleach
The takeaway woes of the soggy brown bag are no more as a pizza explosion hits the Cotswolds
3 min |
October 2019
Cotswold Life
Made By Ethan
Bob might have his name above the door, but there’s a new driving force behind this Cirencester star
3 min |
October 2019
Cotswold Life
Living It Up In The Land Of The Free
‘They had London Bridge dismantled and rebuilt in the burning 45C heat of the desert… they actually thought that they were getting Tower Bridge but, still, you’ve got to admire their chutzpah’
3 min |
October 2019
Cotswold Life
Feels Like Coming Home
‘It took a while to sink in. I was home but I didn’t have to do anything’
3 min |
October 2019
Cotswold Life
Feedback
We want to hear from you! Email letters@cotswoldlife.co.uk or write to Cotswold Life Feedback, Cumberland House, Oriel Road, Cheltenham, GL50 1BB
2 min |
October 2019
Cotswold Life
Don't mention the M-word
Katie Jarvis reviews Durrants Hotel in London (and thinks you’ll like it), but doesn’t mention the marathon. Not once
6 min |
October 2019
Cotswold Life
Dodging That Deadline
‘Tedious jobs I can happily ignore for months on end. Until, that is, I have a book to write’
3 min |
October 2019
Cotswold Life
Big Cat Diary
Jaguar is on a roll with the revamped XE saloon and the high-performance F-Pace SVR proving that the British brand has lost none of its flair
3 min |
October 2019
Cotswold Life
The Pyramids Of Paul Nash
A gentle amble from picturesque Dorchester-on-Thames, over the river and up two of the most painted hills in Oxfordshire
2 min |
September 2019
Cotswold Life
The Farming Year - Autumn
So what do farmers actually do from dayto-day and week-to-week? In the first of a quarterly series, Katie Jarvis finds out
8 min |
September 2019
Cotswold Life
The Saviours Of The Severn
This year marks the 10th Anniversary of Severn Area Rescue Association in Tewkesbury. Tracy Spiers meets with the extraordinary men and women who give up their time to rescue strangers
4 min |
September 2019
Cotswold Life
When Variety Is The Spice Of Life
Much-loved actor-comedian Roy Hudd is starring in a Woman of No Importance at Cheltenham’s Everyman theatre this month. Katie Jarvis spoke to him about music-hall songs, variety theatre, the genius of Ken Dodd… and finally finding each other
9 min |
September 2019
Cotswold Life
Up A Lazy River
With its sun-stained Cotswold stone buildings and the lazy River Windrush flowing through its centre, Bourton-on-the-Water is an idyllic destination for tourists and locals alike, says Anna Bailey
3 min |
September 2019
Cotswold Life
Stow's Artistic Stars
From September 28 until October 6 a showcase series of events focusing on new and established artists will be making waves in the Cotswold town of Stow-on-the-Wold
1 min |
September 2019
Cotswold Life
I'm Just A Girl Who Can't Say ‘No'
‘I’d rather poke my own eye out than tell people that I don’t have time to help them’
3 min |
September 2019
Cotswold Life
Ragtime To Radiohead
World-class muscians will be descending on Tetbury at the end of this month to play in the beautiful parish church of St Mary’s. Among them is musical prodigy Derek Paravicini
4 min |
September 2019
Cotswold Life
Going For Silver At Malvern
Malvern Autumn Show returns for its 25th anniversary celebration
2 min |
September 2019
Cotswold Life
New Adventures Lie Ahead...
...but will they live up to the varied and enjoyable summer we have had?
3 min |
September 2019
Cotswold Life
Heaven Is A Place On Earth
‘I’m sorry to break it you, people of the Cotswolds, but there is no more beautiful part of Britain than the area between the Quantocks and the Bristol Channel’
3 min |
September 2019
Cotswold Life
Enrapt By Raptors
Tracy Spiers returns to wonderful Warwick Castle to witness an aerial display unlike any other, while also getting immersed in living history, from trebuchet and Tudors to battles and banquets
4 min |
September 2019
Cotswold Life
Are You Being Served?
September 8 is National Waiters Day, promoting front-of-house as a fantastic job with plenty of opportunities. Why do we need such a day? Well while we value our skilled waiter when we sit down for a meal, we all-too-often disparage waiting as not a ‘proper’ career
8 min |