‘swimming sets me free’

NOT TOO LONG ago, the idea of buying a Chinese car would have been met with scepticism. In fact, it was once the punchline of a primetime television special; remember when, back in 2012, the Top Gear

Cruising into the sunset with a rich widower – could Cherry make her dream come true?

Most of us have a drawer or cupboard containing old phones, tablets, laptops and other devices we no longer use. We don’t usually hang on to them for sentimental reasons, but because we’re not entirel

I believe that if you’re going to bother with deep-frying, you might as well fry everything! Essentially translating as “fried mixed”, fritto misto transports me to the Amalfi Coast, and the joys of a

THE clamour of seagulls woke Frances. For a moment, she was disorientated. Not so much in place – she knew this bedroom well – as in time. She had the odd feeling that none of the last 30-odd years ha

Marie looked around the garden, wondering why she hadn’t bought the upstairs flat instead. But no. The middle house of this terrace of three had been converted into two flats, and she’d been so excite