Crumbs from the table

This year marks the 625th anniversary of The Canterbury Tales author – and “father of English literature” – Geoffrey Chaucer’s death. He penned this classic, about a merry band of medieval pilgrims te

Photographer Martin Parr shows us his singular vision of Britain

Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

Starmer’s relaunch Controversy of the week “Delivery, ...

The village shop that sold pick ‘n’ mix sweets. A cowpat-strewn country lane with occasional glimpses of Glastonbury Tor. Leaping the wooden stile into Butterfly Wood. It’s over 30 years since I last

As one of the judges on the Great British Bake Off, Prue Leith has to taste dozens of cakes and bread creations during the ten-week series. But as Prue, 85, reveals today, she has found a novel way of