• Caching In 20 Jan 12

    I even bought them a puppy – but he ended up lazier than they are. Despite the combined transportation power of ten legs – six human and four canine – getting my three children out for a... Read More

  • An Annual Demise 16 Dec 11

    Justin Bieber… Homer Simpson… Chelsea Football Club… Against such opposition the Blue Peter annual is bottom of the pile. In 2007, Santa delivered 59,941 copies. Last year he barely broke a... Read More

  • Art Attack 21 Oct 11

    Whether you’re visiting an art fair, exhibition, gallery or market, you never know what gems you might find. I relish a bargain, but I also enjoy investing in a piece of work that I love... Read More

  • Riding High 8 Jul 11

    Previously the preserve predominantly of the landed gentry, owning a horse or a pony has now become increasingly popular at all levels of society. According to the British Horse Industry... Read More

  • Making Their Marque 27 May 11

    Marquetry – the applying of pieces of veneer to the entire surface of a board or piece of furniture, to form a design or a picture – is slow, skilful work. As a technique it has a long... Read More

  • Stitched Up 4 Mar 11

    Clare Finney gets the needle. Or doesn’t. Read More

  • Bridging The Age Gap 21 Jan 11

    Grandparents are revolting. In a manner of speaking. What was once the exclusive pastime of their generation has now been taken over by an influx of younger hands. Laying their cards on the... Read More

  • Booker's Dozen 6 Aug 10

    You’ve got to be pretty dedicated – or a member of the judging panel (and at least they can legitimately call it work…) – to wade through all 4998 pages of the longlist, and a bit of a gambler... Read More

  • High As A Kite... 23 Jul 10

    It may be fanciful but kite flying always seems such a simple method of really getting in touch with nature – a way to feel the energy of the wind, and of the planet, and to respond to it... Read More

  • Suddenly It All Went Pop 22 Jan 10

    “I hope I die before I get old,” snarled Roger Daltry on the hit single My Generation in 1965. It was inevitable, however, that having cheated a young and beautiful early death, The Who and other... Read More

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