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Homes & Gardens

Barns Close, Littleworth, Gloucestershire.

Seven bedroom house on edge of Minchinhampton Common on the market at £2.95m
This sensational seven-bedroom house in set in a secluded and elevated position on the edge of Minchinhampton

You'll be surprised at what you can achieve with a few basic sewing skills

You'll be surprised at what you can achieve with a few basic sewing skills

Four simple ways to update your home without spending a fortune

Old Greenhouse Farm, Painswick. Photo: Will Eastwick-Field

Old Greenhouse Farm, Painswick. Photo: Will Eastwick-Field

Dream home: Behind the doors of this perfectly positioned estate in Painswick

IMPRESSIVE: Little Malvern Court Estate in Worcestershire.

IMPRESSIVE: Little Malvern Court Estate in Worcestershire.

Rare opportunity to buy £13m large country estate in Worcestershire

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Things to do

Mark Steel. Photo: jiksaw

Mark Steel. Photo: jiksaw

Mark Steel : the comedian, author and broadcaster’s gruelling cancer journey

The Shark is Broken

The Shark is Broken

REVIEW: The true story of a shark named Bruce

Alex James' farm in Kingham will once again host the Big Feastival this summer

Alex James' farm in Kingham will once again host the Big Feastival this summer

Blur's Alex James' Big Feastival unveils 'party plans' for 2025

Television historian Lucy Worsley will explore the life of Jane Austen, who authored classics such as Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility

Television historian Lucy Worsley will explore the life of Jane Austen, who authored classics such as Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility

Lucy Worsley to explore life of 'passionate' Jane Austen in Malvern

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Travel

Iconic Broadway Tower sits high atop the Cotswold escarpment. Photo: Steve Bateman/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Why you should visit the Cotswolds during 2025
Taking in parts of six counties across the Midlands and South West, the Cotswolds has many identities, each worth taking time to discover

Effigy of Maurice de Gaunt, the naughty boy of Beverston who crenellated without royal permission, tut-tut. Photo: M. Bagnall-Oakeley/'St Mark's or the Mayor's Chapel, Bristol', W. R, Barker, 1892

Effigy of Maurice de Gaunt, the naughty boy of Beverston who crenellated without royal permission, tut-tut. Photo: M. Bagnall-Oakeley/'St Mark's or the Mayor's Chapel, Bristol', W. R, Barker, 1892

When the Cotswolds made history (part 4)

Broadway was recently named one of Britain’s greatest villages

Broadway was recently named one of Britain’s greatest villages

Inside the 'sleepy' Worcestershire village named among the UK's greatest

Falkensteiner Hotel Kronplatz

Falkensteiner Hotel Kronplatz

Kronplatz, a hidden gem in the Dolomites, offers an alpine experience

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Food and Drink

Cotswold Life Food & Drink Awards 2025

Cotswold Life Food & Drink Awards 2025

Nominations are open for the 2025 Cotswold Life Food & Drink Awards!

Six Chimneys is

Six Chimneys is

Gloucestershire bakery enjoying 'great success' named among Britain's best

Kathy Slack. Photo: Stephanie McLeod

Kathy Slack. Photo: Stephanie McLeod

A best-selling cookery author on her Cotswold vegetable garden

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People

Lynda La Plante at Cheltenham Literature Festival.

Lynda La Plante at Cheltenham Literature Festival.

Lynda La Plante: the irreverent crime-writer reveals her hilarious memoirs

Grade II-Listed Winterbrook House, the Oxfordshire home of Agatha Christie.

Grade II-Listed Winterbrook House, the Oxfordshire home of Agatha Christie.

Agatha Christie's life in the Cotswolds

Mark Steel. Photo: jiksaw

Mark Steel. Photo: jiksaw

Mark Steel : the comedian, author and broadcaster’s gruelling cancer journey

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Lifestyle

Effigy of Maurice de Gaunt, the naughty boy of Beverston who crenellated without royal permission, tut-tut. Photo: M. Bagnall-Oakeley/'St Mark's or the Mayor's Chapel, Bristol', W. R, Barker, 1892

Effigy of Maurice de Gaunt, the naughty boy of Beverston who crenellated without royal permission, tut-tut. Photo: M. Bagnall-Oakeley/'St Mark's or the Mayor's Chapel, Bristol', W. R, Barker, 1892

When the Cotswolds made history (part 4)

The Shark is Broken

The Shark is Broken

REVIEW: The true story of a shark named Bruce

Experience the thrill of women's racing with the IntoSpeed 2025 taster days

Experience the thrill of women's racing with the IntoSpeed 2025 taster days

Experience the thrill of women's racing with IntoSpeed 2025

Henrietta Spencer-Churchill with her border terrier, Bruno, sitting under one of her favourite portraits of her great-grandmother Consuleo Vanderbilt, painted by Umberto Veruda in 1903. Photo: Hugo Rittson Thomas

Henrietta Spencer-Churchill with her border terrier, Bruno, sitting under one of her favourite portraits of her great-grandmother Consuleo Vanderbilt, painted by Umberto Veruda in 1903. Photo: Hugo Rittson Thomas

The highs and lows of living in Blenheim Palace

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