France may be synonymous with fromage, but the terroir of our green and pleasant land gives rise to all manner of magnificent varieties of our own, declares Tom Parker Bowles, who picks his favourites

The SAS (Special Air Service) make routine use of sleep-deprivation exercises in their selection process, and these often feature in later training. Hallucinations during such exercises are very commo

This time of year represents big business–and exhaustion–for the producers of festive fare, from crackers to hellebores to ham. Jane Wheatley visits six stalwarts who are flat out right now

Lynn Farram and the congregation of Christ Church, Norris Green, Liverpool

Resident reviewer Fiona Forman tries the chocolate truffles from Marc Summers’ Bubala, and casts her eye over other top titles

Toby explains how to plant and protect these treasures from squirrels