Sunshine, a better work-life balance and cheaper living costs – it’s the dream for some, and statistics suggest more of us are going in search of it. Around five million Brits currently live abroad, w

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Last autumn we decided to move house. We have lived in our present house since 1988, and have loved living here. It is a tall Victorian terraced house near Preston city centre and only 10 minutes’ wal

YOU can’t just throw it all in a skip, Mum!” Bryony’s voice was muffled by a dust mask as she crouched in the loft space, carefully avoiding bumping her head on the beams. She examined a battered trun

Apart from the For Sale board, the house didn’t look any different from the last time I was here. Six months ago now. The day of my father’s funeral. A memory of how fragile my mother appeared that da

Claudia Savage-Gore is set to turn her back on Maida Vale