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Minute Steaks with Borlotti Bean Mash By Annie Bell Published: 00:01 BST, 27 September 2020 | Updated: 00:01 BST, 27 September 2020 Food styling: Clare Lewis. Styling: Sue Radcliffe Minute steaks are a win-win. They’re about half the meat of a big steak, so not only more affordable and planet-friendly but cooked in a jiffy. … Read more
A custom-made bronze chandelier from roseuniacke.com forms a dramatic centrepiece in the drawing room. The sofas, ottoman and antiques are also from roseuniacke.com. The fireplace is an original feature. For similar chairs, go to grahamandgreen.co.uk. Patchplants.com sells a big selection of indoor plants. Styling: Elkie Brown Pale and inviting? We wouldn’t expect anything less from The … Read more
Diary Of An Apprentice Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti Allen Lane £25 Rating: Thanks to Covid-19, many of us are dreaming of an … Read more
SKY/NOW TV, BRITBOX, & APPLE TV+ Spitting Image Since it was announced the beloved puppet show was returning to our screens after 14 years, we’ve been drip-fed photographs of the new characters who’ll be appearing. Among the most eye-catching are Dominic Cummings in his trademark hoodie complete with flamboyant silver collar, as well as world … Read more
From Robert Galbraith’s new Strike episode to Mayflies by Andrew O’Hagan, a trio of short stories by Curtis Sittenfeld and Rose Tremain’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By John Williams and Gwendolyn Smith and Max Davidson and Eithne Farry Published: 22:01 BST, 26 September 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 26 September 2020 Troubled Blood … Read more
Us Sunday, BBC1 Rating: Schitt’s Creek Netflix Rating: Us is an adaptation of the novel by David Nicholls about a middle-aged married couple who may or may not stay together, which doesn’t sound especially compelling, but it is. It may even be one of those instances where the screen adaptation is better than the book, … Read more
A Feast In The Time Of Plague starring Susan Bullock at the Grange Park Opera is lively, accessible, but in no sense backward-looking By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:01 BST, 26 September 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 26 September 2020 A Feast In The Time Of Plague Grange Park Opera Rating: A Feast In … Read more
While Amanda Holden has a good voice to go with her good heart, what her debut album, Songs From My Heart, lacks is a personality By Tim De Lisle for Event Magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 26 September 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 26 September 2020 Amanda Holden … Read more
Wednesday, September 9 ‘History will be kind to me,’ said Winston Churchill, ‘for I intend to write it.’ In similar vein, I plan to pen a posthumous volume of diaries, to be published immediately after I leave the world, saying what I really think about everyone. ‘Are you OK?’ asked a panicky Holly Willoughby. ‘I’ve … Read more
Early in lockdown, I did what thousands of Britons did: cleared out the garage. Among all of the junk, I found a pot of black Cuprinol Ducksback 5-year Waterproof paint. So I painted the shed. Bad move. Instead of using my Ducksback shed paint to, well, paint my shed, I should have hung on to … Read more