Soon after landing in England in the autumn of 1326, Isabella of France, estranged wife of Edward II, and her mercenary army mustered in Cambridge. The fenland town had acquired a second college just

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CAROLS are playing softly, their melodies floating into the kitchen where Miranda is standing at the hob, gently stirring mulled wine. From the bubbling pot, the smell of cinnamon and clove wafts thro

Tessa Waugh is gearing up for the annual hunt carol service, where a novel band of three hunting tenors are set to surprise, and to prove to her parents their “feckless teenager” can cook a Christmas lunch