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My kitchen is filled with seemingly nondescript objects that mean a great deal to me: my mum’s wooden-handled fish slice and masher; her pans; the knives and forks I used while I was growing up; a tea

Can we give a round of applause to comedian Ricky Gervais, who has donated almost £2.5m to a group of animal charities from the proceeds of his recent stand-up tour? The money is to be split between 2

Love Big Issue and Lou, I think, who sold me the mag at St Paul’s station is a nice guy. Here’s a picture (above) that I took last week from my narrow boat on the River Lea where I have recently moved

When a major retailer planned to set up a shoe repair service directly across from the local cobblers, villagers in the town of Bishop Cleeve, Gloucestershire, joined forces. A petition deterred the c