Dear Simon, Once again, the December 2025 issue had lots of memories to write about. Starting from the front, Gertcha! – I did love Chas and Dave, as did my husband. Of course, the family always watch

One day in 1936, the barrister Clifford Mortimer banged his head on the door frame of a London taxi and was immediately struck blind. He would never be able to see again. Then in his early 50s, he nev

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WHEN Billy Butlin opened his flagship seaside resort in Skegness in 1936 promising “a week’s holiday for a week’s wages”, he made affordable, all-inclusive breaks available to British working classes

Welcome to Blytopia… Children’s classic The Magic Faraway Tree reaches for the screen

Lola Young Eight Weeks Looking back, moving forwards, defying the odds 336pp. Penguin. Paperback, £10.99. Lola Young has been a crossbench member of the House of Lords since 2004. She is also an emeri