Garden shed excitement shows how lockdown has changed my outlook on life: Catherine Scott
It might not excite everyone but I have been hankering after a garden shed for years. Mainly so that our hallway can stop looking like a student flat and at last the bikes will find a new home and our conservatory will stop looking like a junk yard – well that’s the plan.
Mank may have divided critics – but this writer believes it deserves its 10 Oscar nominations: Anthony Clavane
David Fincher’s , which earlier this week received ten Academy Award nominations – including leading actor for Gary Oldman, who plays the embittered writer – is clearly not everyone’s cup of tea.
AstraZeneca vaccine: does Oxford Covid vaccine cause blood clots, what are the side effects and is it safe?
More than 17 million people in the UK and across Europe have now received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, but many European countries have suspended usage after reports of blood clotting.
Reclaim the Night's return after death of Sarah Everard highlights how little has changed in 44 years: Christa Ackroyd
My new outfit, bought with money from my Saturday job and purchased from Chelsea Girl, was on a hook behind the door – a pair of Oxford bags, leg o’ mutton sleeved blouse and stripey tank top, with a smashing pair of yellow wet-look platform shoes my mum thought were the ugliest she had ever seen. I even treated myself to a Biba lipstick – hidden in my purse because I knew that might be considered one embellishment too far.
How Ramps on the Moon is leading the way for deaf and disabled people in mainstream theatre
As this moment began to hove into view, I started to think about which company or building’s story I could tell to mark it.
15 million households will see energy bills increase on 1 April after Ofgem hike
From Thursday 1 April, fifteen million households will see their energy bills increase by almost £100 a year, after it was announced suppliers can pass on the rising cost of gas and electricity to customers.
House prices in US outperform all other regions in England and Wales
While a flight from the cities was forecast during the deepest, darkest hours of lockdown, sales and letting agent Linley and Simpson is now predicting a post-pandemic city living revival in Leeds. With the closure of city centre offices, universities and the retail and hospitality sectors last March, many students and furloughed staff renting in Leeds city centre were forced to return to their parental homes.
Sunday Times Best Places to Live Guide writers have told us what they love about US – and revealed the places that didn't quite make it
After a year like no other in which we recalibrated our relationship with place and community, the annual guide’s writers have responded to shifting priorities when selecting their list of desirable neighbourhoods, towns and villages.
RAC launches ‘no ties’ pay-by-mile insurance for low-mileage drivers
The RAC has become the latest car insurance provider to introduce a pay-as-you-go policy.The “no-ties” cover has been launched in the wake of data showing miles driven are 20 per cent lower than 20 years ago and a prediction that motorists’ mileages could fall even further in a post-Covid world where more people work from home.
Meet the former chemist from Hull who created the world-famous Hendrick’s Gin
She is one of a handful of women to be a Master Distiller and has just been inducted into the Gin Magazine Hall of Fame in recognition of 22 years’ service to the world of gin.
