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There’s an App for everything these days but a fun new digital tool has worked out the poshest names in the UK. And it’s not good news if your name is – like my middle name – Maureen. Or indeed if you

What do women want in a man? It’s often assumed that physical strength would be high on the list. After all, bulging muscles indicate health, strength and the ability to protect from harm. Yet a new s

I’ve just returned from three magical days in the Lake District. Craggy mountains, mist over the fells, and the gentle hum of a Herdwick sheep or two. I stayed near Hill Top, once home to Beatrix Pott

YOU won’t make it ring by looking at it every two minutes, you know.” My sister Joy has a habit of stating the obvious. I put my phone down and start drumming my fingers on the kitchen table; somethin

When it comes to securing a place at the best school in London, parents more than ever have to do their property homework, writes Zoe Dare Hall

Fantasy author JRR Tolkien’s mythological Middle Earth takes inspiration from a number of places in Gloucestershire and the West Midlands. Tolkien frequently visited the Forest of Dean and its tempera