Somerset
More than one bad apple: the sorry demise of English cider
Can you imagine if, in the 20th century, wine producers in France had switched from a product made (almost) entirely…
George Osborne: Why I’m going into banking
Spring in Somerset — again. If someone had told me last February that I’d spend seven of the next 12…
The horrors of Soho House’s country outpost
It is summer and the listless metropolitan thinks of grass. It cannot afford to stay at Durslade Farmhouse, Somerset, a…
The Hinkley Point disaster
Britain’s new nuclear plant has hardly left the drawing board, but it’s already a case study in what not to do
To Land’s End and beyond: footsore but bravely coasting along
It’s a real skill, writing about a journey where nothing ever happens. We shouldn’t be surprised that Simon Armitage is…
The birth of a barrel of cider
The fabulous October weather is now just a memory but it made for a golden, old-fashioned apple day down in…
Why can’t country views be protected from wind turbines?
City skylines are protected from careless building. Why should country views be different?
Penelope Lively’s diary: My old-age MOT
My surgery has been calling in all those over 75 for a special session with their doctor — a sort…
If David Cameron can't get the floods right, all his hopes will wash away
It is all hands to the pump in Downing Street. The entire No. 10 operation from the Prime Minister down…
Revealed: how green ideology turned a deluge into a flood
The ideology that created an unnatural disaster
Floods of incompetence - why Chris Smith should resign from the Environment Agency
When Prince Charles arrived in Somerset to meet some of those caught up in the disaster which in five weeks…
