LIFESTYLE

Hat trick

Hat trick

A shocked woman browsing for bargains in a charity shop stumbled across the hat she wore to her daughter’s wedding – 24 YEARS ago. Andrea Lanxon, 64 – who still has the matching blue suit ...

Staying in touch with your loved ones overseas

It’s a saddening fact, but not every family can stick together on the same patch of land for their entire lives. And, in the ever-widening world of globalisation, people are travelling to far flung co ...
First spotter’s manual written by a miss?

First spotter’s manual written by a miss?

As part of its preparatory research for its September-March Trainspotting season, the National Railway Museum has discovered that the stereotyped ‘spotter’ couldn’t be further from the origins of the ...
Confessions of a Great British Institution

Confessions of a Great British Institution

Queen of cakes Mary Berry has confessed to Laura Heads it isn’t only novice bakers who make a dog’s dinner out of things – she does too. The 79-year-old revealed things don’t always go to plan when co ...