Green, pub, church, duck pond and rose-garlanded cottages: did the perfect English village ever exist? The English village. Perhaps the beguiling habitat closest to the English heart, the place in ...

Big houses and grand spaces leave lots of potential for some strange games. Melanie Cable-Alexander investigates.

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Noël Coward’s Suite In Three Keys at the Orange Tree Richmond gave me more pleasure than any other theatre this year. This trilogy was Coward’s final work for the theatre, but the highlight was A Song ...

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A legendary vehicle the world over, the latest Land Cruiser retains its off-road prowess while seeking to improve its on-road ...

Today's Curious Question takes a look at one of the nation's favourite parlour games.