Lancashire Life
The tale of BEATRIX'S VALLEY
Land once owned by Beatrix Potter is at the heart of a noisy row over how we enjoy the Lake District
6 min |
November 2020
Lancashire Life
Liverpool's pyramid scheme
We’ve seen the shape of things to come – and it’s a pyramid. But are you ready to spend the afterlife piled high with 34,591 other people in Toxteth?
5 min |
November 2020
Lancashire Life
Around the world in 2000 paintings
Preston artist Martyn Hanks has spent 60 years globetrotting with his paints and brushes
3 min |
November 2020
Lancashire Life
WALKING THE BORDER
This glorious walk in the hills around Earby takes a peek over the county line
7 min |
November 2020
Lancashire Life
We will remember them
For a hundred years the Cenotaph has been the focal point for a nation’s grief, but few know its connection to Kirkby Lonsdale
5 min |
November 2020
Lancashire Life
A pawfect day out
The grounds of Holker Hall at Cartmel are a favourite with human and canine visitors
3 min |
November 2020
Lancashire Life
A LEGACY of LOVE
An unusual war memorial in Lancaster is a haven for wildlife and young people from the city
4 min |
November 2020
Lancashire Life
A Shopper's Paradise
‘Anything is possible’ is the boast of a famous Knightsbridge shop and it could equally apply to Clitheroe, where shoppers come eager to pick up something just that little bit different, especially in the run-up to Christmas
6 min |
November 2020
Sussex Life
Decorative art
Not simply functional, treat your walls like an extension of your personality
3 min |
November 2020
Sussex Life
ON THE FRONT FOOT
The rugby legend took the reins at Sussex County Cricket Club in 2017, rekindling his love for a sport that first won his heart on the village cricket fields of North Yorkshire
8 min |
November 2020
Sussex Life
NAKED AMBITION
In the 1980s, Christine and Jennifer Binnie partied with Boy George and Marilyn and bared all as performance art collective The Neo-Naturists. Now they are working together to gain the recognition they feel they deserve
5 min |
November 2020
Sussex Life
ROCKET MAN
Astronaut Tim Peake has come a long way since growing up in Westbourne and attending Chichester High School for Boys: 248 miles above Earth, to be precise. But, he says, life on the International Space Station has a lot in common with family caravanning holidays
6 min |
November 2020
Sussex Life
Revolution man
Lewes’ most famous resident Thomas Paine may be the greatest propagandist who ever lived. But how did a humble customs and excise officer ignite the touchpaper for revolution in not one but two countries?
8 min |
November 2020
Sussex Life
THE DIARY
17 exciting things to do this month in East and West Sussex
8 min |
November 2020
Sussex Life
All in a day's work
Meet Tim Dummer, who has helped keep Midhurst’s Cowdray Estate shipshape for an impressive five decades
3 min |
November 2020
Sussex Life
My favourite Sussex
Bruce Fogle is an author and a vet with a practice in London who has lived in West Sussex with his wife, the actress Julia Foster, since 1989. He recently became president of RSPCA Mount Noddy near Chichester
2 min |
November 2020
Sussex Life
10 OF THE BEST Meat-free restaurants in Brighton and Hove
Brighton is often rated one of the most vegan-friendly cities in the UK. What these restaurants prove is that plant-based food doesn’t have to be puritanical – at all of these places you’ll find big flavours and a desire to push the envelope
4 min |
November 2020
Hampshire Life
Southampton's first Michelin star?
Newly opened southeast Asian restaurant, Blue Jasmine, could have all the right ingredients to claim the coveted title
2 min |
November 2020
Hampshire Life
This GIRL CAN
Tracy Edwards MBE paved the way for women in sport with her boat Maiden. Now, 30 years on, she’s showing women around the world that they can do something amazing too
5 min |
November 2020
Cotswold Life
THE WILD SIDE OF Moreton-in-Marsh
The days are getting shorter but there’s plenty of reasons to be cheerful, says Sue Bradley, who discovers how a Cotswolds town is becoming more wildlife-friendly and pots up some bulbs for an insect-friendly spring display
2 min |
November 2020
Hampshire Life
The good ship LIBERTY
A call out on Instagram saw this Overton artist being included in the iconic Liberty Book
4 min |
November 2020
Cotswold Life
Mr Ashbee would approve
In the true spirit of the Arts & Crafts Movement, creativity has kept the Chipping Campden community ticking over during lockdown
8 min |
November 2020
Hampshire Life
For KING & country
Can someone be born into greatness? We share the story of one of Britain’s most underrated monarchs, Henry III
4 min |
November 2020
Cotswold Life
The Cotswolds at war
These might be peaceful hills and vales, but our contribution to the war effort was considerable
7 min |
November 2020
Hampshire Life
Doing it for THEMSELVES
Multi-tasking sisters Iman and Yasmine El Sheik have just launched their new haircare brand Divinely Made, set to transform curly locks across the country
3 min |
November 2020
Cotswold Life
Trust in good, local food
‘I’ve been following The Country Food Trust’s activities with admiration since it was founded’
3 min |
November 2020
Hampshire Life
The Bear Ladies
Julie Tatchel and Amanda Middleditch from Bear It In Mind in Hythe regularly have viewers in tears with their bear restorations on the BBC hit show, The Repair Shop
4 min |
November 2020
Derbyshire Life
Peak National Park and Ride
Andrew Griffihs asks what the future holds for transport in the Peak National Park and talks to Julian Glover about his Landscapes Review
8 min |
November 2020
Cotswold Life
Why Cath is an open book
Cath Kidston has opened up almost every nook and cranny of her Cotswold idyll in a new book, A Place Called Home. Katie Jarvis spoke to Cath ahead of her appearance at this year’s Stroud Book Festival STROUD BOOK FESTIVAL – THIS YEAR FREE AND ONLINE: NOVEMBER 4-8
10 min |
November 2020
Hampshire Life
A walk in Wonderland
A New Forest walk in the footsteps of Alice Hargreaves, the inspiration behind Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland
4 min |