‘i never imagined i’d be running a vineyard in london in my fifties – but here i am’

At 42 Acres in Somerset, guests can create their own mini apothecary using plants gathered from rewilded land. Rhiannon Batten immerses herself in the healing hideaway

Ellie’s new friend made a suggestion – and it was bloomin’ marvellous

It’s October and Black History Month, and that’s why I’d like to celebrate the winemaking women of colour in the wine world who have triumphed over many challenges and have a fascinating story to tell

CATHY grunted as she struggled to open a jar of marmalade. Standing tall and athletic, amidst boxes piled high on the scarred wooden table in her new farmhouse kitchen, she inhaled the scents of woods

Being fearless in midlife is hard, because to be fearless we might have to change or challenge parts of our identity that we have leaned on for years: things we were taught about ourselves as a child,

When the doctor said, ‘It’s gone to your bones, I can’t cure it,’ everything changed. I’d walked into that room thinking I was about to be told when my chemotherapy would start. I’d mentally prepared