Living France
A local's view
Trish and Mark Tyler run a beautifully restored chambres d’hôtes, set in six hectares of park and woodland near StÉmilion, which has a fascinating history
6 min |
May 2020
Living France
Guide To: Working For A Foreign Company
If your current employer is happy to let you continue working for them after you move to France, there are a number of rules and regulations to be aware of to ensure you stay on the right side of the law, as Catharine Higginson explains
5 min |
May 2020
The Oldie Magazine
The birds that weave magical nests
We had already spent an entrancing hour birding on Tanzania’s Lake Manze – imperious, white-chested fish eagles soaring overhead; glossy, blue, wire tailed swallows flitting over the water; stately yellow-billed storks patrolling the shore.
3 min |
May 2020
The Oldie Magazine
Young Fogeys grow old gracefully
In the 1980s, Will Self mocked journalists who worshipped the past. But they’ve remained ageless, while he’s become a burnt-out shell
4 min |
May 2020
The Oldie Magazine
The end of the press as we know it?
A collapse in sales and adverts will destroy some papers and magazines
4 min |
May 2020
The Oldie Magazine
We will meet again
Dame Vera Lynn on coronavirus, the Queen and the 75th anniversary of VE Day
5 min |
May 2020
Derbyshire Life
A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY
At this year’s N&EMPF Exhibition, local photographer David Keep achieved some of the highestever scores for his photography. Here he talks about his path to success
4 min |
May 2020
The Oldie Magazine
Voyage of the Beagle
Charles Darwin adored the tiny, mahogany rich ship that carried him around the world and made his name, writes Sara Wheeler
5 min |
May 2020
The Oldie Magazine
The ‘brain statin' quest
A treatment to delay – and even stop – dementia is on its way, says David Cameron
4 min |
May 2020
The Oldie Magazine
La dolce vita goes on in the face of death
Italy is in agony but expats will always adore its beauty – and its songs, says Mary Kenny
4 min |
May 2020
The Oldie Magazine
Nightingale's journey
200 years after she was born in Florence, Mark Bostridge follows in Florence Nightingale’s footsteps, from Scutari to Harley Street
5 min |
May 2020
The Oldie Magazine
From here to immunity
There’s no quick way out of the coronavirus pandemic. Vaccines need money, time and luck, says Florence Walker
4 min |
May 2020
The Oldie Magazine
Bee home and bee safe
With its Doric pilasters and Gothic arches, this queen of bee houses is so precious that it’s a listed building, blessed by a bishop
5 min |
May 2020
France
SEE THE LIGHT
Although born in Nord and educated in Paris, Henri Matisse’s artistic work was influenced most vividly by his time on the Côte d’Azur, as Lara Dunn discovers
5 min |
June 2020
France
PÉZENAS
This medieval Languedoc town with a history of power and privilege charms
3 min |
June 2020
France
Le weekend Short but sweet city breaks
Brigitte Nicolas is in awe of the history and culture Albi has to offer
4 min |
June 2020
France
Music to MY EARS
Keith Mundy visits the merry accordion town of Tulle in Nouvelle-Aquitaine during its annual music festival
5 min |
June 2020
France
FIND YOUR FEET
Where the mountains meet the sea, Helen Parkinson puts her best foot forward to discover the pleasures of Pyréné es-Orientales
6 min |
June 2020
France
PÉTANQUE
Helen Parkinson is bowled over by the worldwide appeal of this quintessentially Provençal pastime
3 min |
June 2020
France
Piece of CAKE
Lucy Parford joins a French country baking class in London led by Master Pâtissier Eric Lanlard
3 min |
June 2020
France
3 HIDDEN GARDENS
Get some fresh air and escape the crowds in these horticultural havens
2 min |
June 2020
Cotswold Life
You got the fear
‘Back home in lockdown, I feel an urge to cough but try to supress it as though I can repel early virus symptoms away using the power of my mind’
3 min |
May 2020
Cotswold Life
The show must go on
Stroud musician Sam Sweeney talks about live streaming, being in Bellowhead, releasing his second solo album, and the challenges of social distancing
7 min |
May 2020
Cotswold Life
B is for BURFORD
Tracy Spiers take a wander around the streets – and letters – of the Oxfordshire town of Burford
9 min |
May 2020
Cotswold Life
THE WILD SIDE OF COWS
May is the month for blue skies and blossom, along with swifts and swallows and the occasional slow worm. It’s also the time when cows are released onto some of the Cotswolds’ most precious wildlife-life-rich sites. Sue Bradley explains why
2 min |
May 2020
Cotswold Life
One of the GOODIE guys
Actor, writer and comedian Tim Brooke-Taylor – patriotic coward in the Goodies; regular panellist on Radio 4’s I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue – has known them all: John Cleese, Peter Cook, Humphrey Lyttelton, Eric Morecambe... Sparky, the smooth-haired Border Terrier. Katie Jarvis asked her own comedy hero how it feels to be a comedy hero
9 min |
May 2020
Cotswold Life
The man who taught three geniuses
When the organ loft at Gloucester Cathedral became the training ground for three iconic composers
4 min |
May 2020
Cotswold Life
Golden footsteps
As celebrations get under way for the 50th anniversary of the Cotswold Way, Siân Ellis looks at why it is such a popular long-distance trail
4 min |
May 2020
Cotswold Life
Getting the flock out of OZ
Candia McKormack talks to Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen about working on a design project close to his heart – and Siddington home – as well as trying to get home from Australia during lockdown, andseeking the elusive positives in Covid-19
6 min |
May 2020
Cotswold Life
AVEBURY: Tales of the Prehistoric Cathedral of Wiltshire
In the strange time of self-isolation in which I’m writing this, we’re having to content ourselves with the familiarity of our homes. I’ve been musing about my favourite places, and I’d like to share with you a place I love, one that’s full of energy, that I go to when I need to recharge my batteries
6 min |