Lancashire Life
The seasons
Summer comes to Pendle Hill and brings a cacophony of bird song and hazy views across towns and villages
3 min |
July 2020
Lancashire Life
THE PATH LESS TRODDEN
It should be easy to maintain social distancing on this tough walk through spectacular Bowland countryside
4 min |
July 2020
Lancashire Life
Lady of the Lakes
A love of open water swimming and a desire to help more people share its joys prompted Suzanna Cruickshank to write a wild swimming book
4 min |
July 2020
Lancashire Life
Journey of re-discovery
As lockdown restrictions ease, it’s time to re-connect with Lancashire and the Lake District
10+ min |
July 2020
Lancashire Life
A RUM DO
Gin has had things its own way for too long, but two Lancashire women are raising the bar for another spirit
5 min |
July 2020
Lancashire Life
Portraits From Isolation
Photographer Roger Moore has been recording families in lockdown in their gardens
3 min |
July 2020
Hampshire Life
TIME with the TREES
Escape lockdown and experience the art of Shinrin-Yoku, forest bathing, to soothe the soul and reset the mind
5 min |
July 2020
Hampshire Life
Schools of thought
Is your child being treated like a guinea pig? Sent back to school to catch and spread the virus? Or is it time you stopped teaching fractions in your kitchen?
3 min |
July 2020
Hampshire Life
Octopus toast
When it comes to food in lockdown, Chris has been surprised by some of his friends’ inventions
2 min |
July 2020
Hampshire Life
WRITTEN in the STARS
Sunday Times Bestseller, Jessie Keane, traces her love of writing back to childhood days in Winchester
4 min |
July 2020
Hampshire Life
Layered LANDSCAPES
Ringwood pastels artist Sheila Goodman is inspired by her local beauty spots
3 min |
July 2020
Hampshire Life
No ordinary nest
Ever noticed neat crescent-shaped holes on your leaves? It’s most likely the Leaf Cutter bee
2 min |
July 2020
Hampshire Life
NATURE'S PIONEER
300 years ago a man was born in Selborne who was destined to shape our views of the natural world... we celebrate Gilbert White
5 min |
July 2020
Hampshire Life
Extending its reach
A new writing festival is going virtual for its first event to inspire and support first-time authors
4 min |
July 2020
Hampshire Life
Bundles of joy
Margot and family ‘waste time’ with their new arrivals this month
3 min |
July 2020
Hampshire Life
A whole new world
This month marks 400 years since the iconic Mayflower docked in Southampton with its pilgrim passengers hopeful for a new life in America, but it wasn’t all plain sailing
6 min |
July 2020
Hampshire Life
A timless flight
As we mark 80 years since the Battle of Britain, we remember two of the Hampshire ‘Few’ who gave their lives to save others
4 min |
July 2020
The Oldie Magazine
Naked truth of modelling
Deni Bown became a life model as a broke single mother – and ended up loving it
5 min |
The Oldie magazine - July issue (389)
The Oldie Magazine
Peter Sellers, the mad magician
On the 40th anniversary of the actor’s death, his biographer Roger Lewis admires a sinister genius, who was quite off his head
6 min |
The Oldie magazine - July issue (389)
The Oldie Magazine
Radio's King of Comedy
Martin Jarvis has now recorded 195 Just William stories and PG Wodehouse’s funniest books, he tells Valerie Grove
4 min |
The Oldie magazine - July issue (389)
The Oldie Magazine
The oldie easy riders
Country roads are crammed with OAP bikers, says Peter McKay, a ton-up boy for 60 years
4 min |
The Oldie magazine - July issue (389)
The Oldie Magazine
Their finest hour – in their finest planes
Eighty years ago, the Battle of Britain changed the course of history, thanks to the Hurricane and the Spitfire, says Leo McKinstry
7 min |
The Oldie magazine - July issue (389)
The Oldie Magazine
Home, sweet Gothic home
Ever since moving into the Old Rectory at Hedgerley 40 years ago, I’ve kissed its walls every day
5 min |
July 2020
The Oldie Magazine
Hunter on the Heath
For 60 years, Hunter Davies, 84, has walked – and swum – on wild Hampstead Heath
5 min |
July 2020
The Oldie Magazine
Reaching for the stars – in their dressing rooms
For 20 years at the BBC, Jenny Bardwell sprinkled stardust over dull broadcasts. Now she’s found the old tapes – with their rich, lost voices
5 min |
July 2020
The Oldie Magazine
Travel On top of the world
As a boy, Melvyn Bragg biked up and down the fells. At 30, he bought a cottage there. Now 80, he is still bewitched by the Lake District
6 min |
July 2020
The Oldie Magazine
What's the point of the cactus?
‘It seemeth a strange herb,’ wrote the Spanish physician Nicolás Monardes in his Joyful News out of the New World (1568) of his first encounter with a cactus. ’One of its thorns pricked me. They are as sharp as needles and did hurt.’
3 min |
July 2020
Dorset Magazine
Riding the Wave of Fame
Jamie Bacon is making his mark as an award-winning screenwriter and actor, but when not filming you’ll find him surfing on the Dorset coast
5 min |
July 2020
Dorset Magazine
Wild Island Lockdown
As the rest of the UK went into lockdown Brownsea Island’s wildlife came out to play
4 min |
July 2020
Dorset Magazine
The Newbery Arts Prize
Around the world artists are putting together their entries for this presitigious competition
3 min |