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Spa star: Bush Bath, Half Moon Resort, Rose Hall, Jamaica
Saturday 26 May 2012
Enjoy the benefits of locally grown herbs in Jamaica ... strictly above board – in the bath, in fact.
Deals of the week: Lille; New Forest; Med cruise
Wednesday 23 May 2012
Less than £200: Cresta Holidays has a three-night break in the French city of Lille for £155pp. The package on offer includes travel on Eurostar from London St Pancras on 30 July and B&B accommodation at the simple but central Comfort Hotel Opera (crestaholidays.co.uk).
Errors & Omissions: How do you like your swear words – with or without asterisks?
Saturday 19 May 2012
How do you feel about bad language and asterisks? In its early years this newspaper took a very robust, even puritanical, attitude. It believed that its readers were the kind of people who didn't have net curtains in their windows and wanted the unvarnished truth.
Domestic, Brighton Festival
Wednesday 16 May 2012
Strange things are happening in The Basement, Brighton’s buzzy home for avant-garde theatre.
B&B and beyond: Oak House No 1, Tetbury
Sunday 13 May 2012
The Kennedys travelled the world collecting art and anecdotes, now Laura Holt enjoys both – and in a stylish Georgian setting
Rebekah Brooks' meetings with party leaders: the list
Friday 11 May 2012
This is the list of meetings with prime ministers handed to the Leveson Inquiry by Rebekah Brooks.
Robin Scott-Elliot: The greatest cup competition in the world – it takes up half of the weekend
Monday 07 May 2012
The FA Cup final, ITV 1/ESPN
'Let's create a buzz' says Miliband
Sunday 06 May 2012
Labour to tear up its 'blank sheet of paper' policy reviews
Children 'not properly hydrated'
Thursday 03 May 2012
Nearly two thirds of children are not drinking enough at breakfast time to be properly hydrated, according to a study.
Needles at the ready for the The Seven Year Stitch
Wednesday 02 May 2012
So you want to make like Marilyn Monroe? You don't need to start a hot and heavy affair with a president nor hit the (bleach) bottle. What you need is a needle and thread, some slinky white fabric and a copy of a new book, Sew Iconic: How to Make 10 Classic Hollywood Dresses by Liz Llewellyn (A&C Visual Arts, £14.99).
DVD: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Sunday 29 April 2012
This particular Mission certainly would be impossible for any flesh-and-blood human being, but Tom Cruise and his team (Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton) tick off the most ludicrously challenging feats as easily as they saunter away from bone-shattering falls.
Farm-stays: There's more lying in than mucking out
Wednesday 25 April 2012
The farm-stay experience now comes with a host of extras, from comfortable beds and home-cooked meals to spa treatments and champagne
B&B and beyond: Number Thirty Eight, Clifton, Bristol
Sunday 15 April 2012
A Georgian house perched on top of one of Bristol's highest hills has been given a new lease of life, says Christopher Wakling
Great getaways: Sydney and the Blue Mountains, Maldives, Barcelona, and Central America
Sunday 15 April 2012
Sydney and the Blue Mountains
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