Water ways

Brought up in Kildwick near Skipton, Clare Teal is an award-winning jazz vocalist and long-time Radio 2 and Jazz FM broadcaster

Her lifelong passion for dogs and horses has shaped her career and lifestyle – and now it has led to her first grown-up novel. So what else lies ahead for the unstoppable Clare Balding?

A week of contrasts for me, from Cornwall back up to the Trent

Broadcaster and author Clare Balding shares the reads that have been her escape and inspiration

OUR latest adventure takes us to a tranquil setting alongside the glorious River Thames, to charismatic Cookham in Berkshire. Many enthuse that this is the most scenic stretch of the river from source

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