Where did you grow up?

I need guidance.

Matthew Bell visits Pershore, the UK’s plum capital, where farmers anxious about this year’s crop have reinstated a rural tradition

He has a part to play for a company with an interest in raising the hype

Here are the 10 best buys for kids who want to switch off the TV and get outside to have some fun in the sun while it lasts

There may be snow on the ground but the new beauty season is upon us. Brighten up, says Rebecca Gonsalves

For Evelyn Waugh, it was nothing less than "that original garden from which we are all exiled". Now it is the BBC that has strayed into the paradisal precincts of Blandings castle, bringing woolly-headed Clarence, ninth Earl of Emsworth, his indomitable sister Lady Constance Keeble and the irreverent Galahad Threepwood (last of the Pelicans) to the small screen for the first time since the 1960s.

A fine slice of Plum pie for Sunday nights – but did it need added sugar?

What to do

Manager admits his side 'are not too big to go down' following insipid cup defeat to Brighton

Night in

Terry Kirby selects the best bottles to buy

At the start the new Governor will have Number 10 on side, writes Sean O’Grady