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Internet cringes at singing estate agent's version of Never Ending Story to sell £700,000 home
Claire Cossey, dubbed Britain's 'singing estate agent', has divided the internet with some cringing at her attempt to sell the home in Leighton Buzzard - while others called her a 'modern day her...
Winner of Mail's First Novel Competition takes home £20,000 and a top publishing deal
Heather Mottershead has won the Daily Mail First Novel competition. She will receive a £20,000 advance and a publishing deal for her novel, which is set in a Victorian asylum.
Christian Lewis was healed by a four-legged friend - and the woman he fell in love with
In the spring of 2017, Christian Lewis stood on top of Swansea's Rhossili cliffs looking down on the fiercest waves he'd ever seen.
MUST READS
Wherever Jack Reacher goes, trouble is sure to follow. The freelance law-enforcer arrives in the small Colorado town of Gerrardsville, planning to see an American Civil War exhibition.
PICTURE THIS
Rachel Siegfried was determined to offer an alternative to sterile, imported blooms by growing flowers that would 'stop people in their tracks with their vital beauty'.
DEBUTS
In a village outside Dublin, Ciara is found dead at the bottom of her stairs. Alive, she was one of a small clique of women who fell in and out of friendship.
PSYCHOS
Gil is a bitter, disappointed creative writing professor living in Vermont. He is forced to take in his 17-year-old nephew, Matthew, when the boy's parents die in a car crash.
LITERARY FICTION
Cumbrian author Arnold won the Northern Book Prize for her debut, Slip Of A Fish, which also made the shortlist for the Goldsmiths Prize, an award for stylistically radical fiction.
CONTEMPORARY
Novelist J.B. Blackwood is on a cruise with her husband, former university professor, Patrick, to mark their anniversary.
Fastings, beatings and hangings: The reality of childhood Tudor-style
In Nicholas Orme's snapshot of Tudor children in his new book on the subject, we see 1500s illustrations of toddlers in their wheeled walking frames, and they all look like little wizened old men...
History's biggest whoppers: Book explores survey of 2,000 years of outrageous untruths
Author Natasha Tidd tells us of the medieval chronicler, Gerald of Wales, who claimed he knew a man on whom tiny devils appeared every time he was confronted with lies.
What book would Women's Prize longlisted author Louise Kennedy take to a desert island?
Louise Kennedy would take a copy of James Joyce's Ulysses to a desert island. The author is currently reading Tell Me What I Am, Una Mannion's second novel.
Apartment in block where David Mitchell and Robert Webb filmed Peep Show could be yours for £300,000
The block of flats was featured on the hit Channel 4 series Peep Show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb living together in one of the apartments, which is now up for grabs for £300,000.
Clarifications and corrections
An article published on 3 January about three female prison guards who had been given custodial sentences after having affairs with inmates originally included a photograph purporting to...
Woman holds sit-down protest after London property firm bought entire Welsh village for £1m
Sara Lewis, 55, is carrying out a daily sit-down protest against massive rent hikes - after a London property company snapped up her entire Welsh village of Aberllefenni for £1million.
Luxurious four-bedroom riverside penthouse with views of London skyline goes on market for £6m
A stylish four-bedroom riverside duplex, located in the historic Victorian goods warehouse of Butler's Wharf, has gone on the market for £6million. It boasts views overlooking the Shard.
Action plan: CIAR BYRNE's essential jobs for your garden this week
For my birthday recently I was given a sage green tiered metal obelisk from Crocus (from £49.99, crocus.co.uk) which is the perfect support for planting out my sweet pea seedlings.
Bring on Spring bling: Ciar Byrne says roll up for the rhody show with a burst of joyful colour
This has been a long, cold winter and I'm ready for some colour and excitement in the garden.
Drone images reveal how some coastal homes have as little as five months before they crash into sea
EXCLUSIVE: Owners of doomed homes in East Yorkshire's erosion hotspots fear they've been abandoned with coastal defences restricted to more populated areas.
The new-build estate where the garden of every home is carpeted with fake grass
EXCLUSIVE: Drone images show a new-build estate in Portsmouth, Hampshire, where the garden of very home is carpeted with 'horrible' fake grass that 'poses risks to pets and children'.
Inside Ferne McCann's home: Towie star puts four-bed house up for £5K-a-month rent after scandal
Pregnant Ferne McCann wants to quit her home following her voice-note scandal - and has put it up for rent for £5,000-a-month.
Flat for sale has unique balcony view of Leyton Orient football ground
The East London flat is for sale for £350,000 and has views of the entire pitch at Leyton Orient's Brisbane Road football ground.
It's a haggler's market: How to negotiate down the price of a home
One in ten home sellers is reducing the asking price within 30 days in order to increase the chance of attracting a buyer. We asked the experts for tips on getting a good deal.
Home therapy: Declutter and embrace soft colours and natural textures
The 'slow living' trend embraces simple and understated interiors to help nourish body and soul - perfect for those looking to ease the pace.
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Geoff MacCormack met David Jones at primary school in Bromley, Kent, when they were both eight years old.
LITERARY FICTION
The unsolved deaths of six sex workers in Chillicothe, Ohio, seven years ago haunts this extraordinary new novel by the Cherokee author Tiffany McDaniel
Would you replace your late husband with a robot? PATRICK MARMION reviews Marjorie Prime
PATRICK MARMION: At the age of 87, with Coronation Street, Dinnerladies, Last Tango In Halifax, a Bafta nomination for her role in the film The Mother, and an MBE behind her.
Converted coroners' court built next to London churchyard in 1901 goes on the market for £3.5M
The home was built in 1901 by London County Council as a coroner's court, where dead bodies were examined and inquests were held to decide how people died during Edwardian times.
Tenants leave city centres as rents rise 11% says Rightmove
A total of 42% of tenants are looking to move out of the city they currently live in, according to Rightmove, as they try to find cheaper properties.
How giraffes stop fighter pilots from blacking out - New book reveals the healing powers of animals
We have long known the medical benefits of learning from other species. Morgan's book examines the different ways treatments for humans have been influenced by animals
WHAT BOOK would managing director of Conde Nast UK and author Albert Read take to a desert island?
Albert Read is reading Michael Frayn's novel Towards The End Of The Morning. He would take Marcel Proust's In Search Of Lost Time to a desert island
Paul Richardson explains how he fell in love with the rural land of a tranquil island
Paul Richardson and his partner moved the a rural part of western Spain and transformed the surroundings. At first their new plot was nothing more than a clearing in a forest of brambles
What stops the Shard collapsing (by the woman who built it)
Roma Agrawal is an engineer, who is also an author and TV presenter, and is probably best known in engineering circles for working on the design of The Shard
Noel Coward was a dismissive, spoilt genius whose brilliant one-liners have yet to be bettered
Noel Coward may well have been the greatest theatrical animal of the 20th century, the author of classic plays. But there is no doubt he was also the most accident-prone.
SHORT STORIES
Originally published in the New Yorker, but recently tweaked by 95-year-old author Segal, the deft, delicious short stories that make up the first part of this collection
THRILLERS
Idiosyncratic Sally Diamond has lived a bizarre, isolated life with her 82-year-old psychiatrist father for years - he has protected her from the outside world
SCI-FI
Catastrophic drought has forced Aida to return to her family's isolated farm on the Scottish borders. People are fleeing northwards, and when a camper van of strangers appears in the farm yard
MUST READS
Lawyer, poet, lover, adventurer, scholar and priest, John Donne was a man with a bewildering range of alternative identities.
Luxury flats in Crans Montana where Roger Moore owned a home and skied
The ultra-luxury flats for sale are in the affluent Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana where Bond's Roger Moore owned a home.
Couple put £2.65million house won in a prize draw on the market
The £2.5 million luxury home in Kent was won in an Omaze prize draw last autumn and is now on the market with an asking price of £2.65million.
The Georgian flat featured in Order of the Phoenix could be yours for £385,000
Harry Potter franchise, Georgian flat in Claremont Square, London, also an iconic filming location for the Order of the Phoenix goes up for sale for £385,000
Homeowners £500 better off a year than renters despite mortgage hikes
The monthly cost of owning a home for first-time buyers is £971 on average, which is 4% or £42 lower than the cost of renting a similar property.
Inside Britain's most expensive beachfront home which is on sale for £15m
Robert Kay, who left school at 14 with no qualifications, paid £4million for the stunning mansion at the exclusive Sandbanks estate in Poole, Dorset, in 2013.
Couple discover their house was turned into giant beehive after finding honey dripping down walls
A couple were left gobsmacked after finding huge six-foot pieces of honeycomb and litres of honey underneath the floorboards at their home in Folkestone, Kent.
I bought a house on Britain's 'most dangerous' street for £5,000 in 1970...now it's worth £1million
Hasan Rezvan, 75, bought his property on Coldharbour Lane in Brixton, south London, 53 years ago - for a much smaller price than it would be now.
Do my neighbours need planning permission for their new fence that blocks my window?
The neighbours say our window affects their privacy - but it is frosted glass and we only open it for ventilation. What options do we have?
Action plan: Ciar Byrne's essential jobs for your garden this week
Big and blowsy hydrangea flowers look almost as good dried as fresh. You can remove the blooms as soon as they have gone over but I like to leave them on the plant over winter.
Are you being served? Ciar Byrne says grow your own fruit and veg to avoid price rises and shortages
We can seek solace in our gardens, of course. But on a more practical level, we can start growing our own fruit and veg, saving money in the process.
ERBIL GUNASTI: Whatever critics might prefer to believe, Trump is much further ahead than in 2016
ERBIL GUNASTI: Trump, they say, stands no chance against the reassuringly slick Ron de Santis, governor of Florida and widely thought to be his main rival for the Republican nomination.
UK's most expensive studio flat: Bachelor pad near Hyde Park costs £3M
EXCLUSIVE: Located in London's exclusive Knightsbridge, the property benefits from underground parking - a major bonus in the capital - as well as a communal garden.
Who are the silent heroes of gardening? CLUE: They're not men...
In Why Women Grow, journalist Alice Vincent argues that women's contribution to gardening is still being undervalued.
WHAT BOOK would writer and journalist Nell Frizzell take to a desert island?
Writer and journalist Nell Frizzell says she's currently reading a few books, including Lauren Bravo's debut novel Preloved and This Won't Hurt: How Medicine Fails Women by Marieke Bigg.
Would YOU live in a graveyard home? Residents say cemetery lodges have charm and character
Most of us are keen to know our neighbours when moving into a new home. But when Charlotte Goldthorpe moved into a cemetery lodge in 2019, it was a slightly different story.
Homes with boot rooms have become highly desirable
Every home needs a boot room (or a 'mud room' as people across the pond call it) - to take off coats and boots before you step into the main house. Here's how to make yours a stylish space.
The £30K a month Savills rental with a thatched roof
This quintessentially English property is in the pretty Buckinghamshire village of Penn and has a thatched roof as well as an established country garden with a tennis court.
Heaven knows I'm affordable now: Morrissey lists seaside home he bought for his mother for £510,000
Songwriter Morrissey has been in the house too long and looks to sell the Cork home he bought for his mother back in 2002. The 150-year-old build still has many of its original features in place.
Smashing idea! Andy Murray plans to build luxury woodland cabins at hotel he runs with wife Kim
Sir Andy Murray, a double Wimbledon champion, bought the 15-room Cromlix House Hotel near his hometown of Dunblane for almost £2 million in 2013.
Construction worker, 34, wins keys to four-bed mortgage free £3m London home and £100,000
Kevin Johnson, 34, paid out just £50 to win the latest Omaze Million Pound House Draw - a four-bedroom, Victorian townhouse in highly desirable Islington.
The ravine of despair
We are drawn into the day-by-day uncertainty and incomprehension as the bewildering nightmare of Nazi bestiality unfolds around him with its total contempt for human life/
Sandbanks bungalow sold for £13.5M is one its most expensive homes
A four-bedroom home has become one of the most expensive properties sold on Millionaire's Row after a businessman bought a waterside bungalow sold for a record £13.5million.
We take a look inside five thatched cottages to rent on Zoopla
All of the properties in our list have thatched roofs and can be rented for between £850 and £2,250 a month.
Clarifications and corrections
An article published on 9 March followed up on a piece which appeared in The Sun reporting that The Who's Roger Daltrey was set to perform a one-off show at Fawley Hill's National Transport Trust...
RETRO
Forty years after its original publication, this blackly comic novel based on Ephron's own experience of infidelity is still a tour de force of rage, revenge and rebuilding.
CLASSIC CRIME
In To Love And Be Wise, a genteel family is thrown into disarray by the appearance in their midst of a handsome, young society photographer.
POPULAR
This touching, absorbing novel considers World War II from an unusual standpoint: the wives of shattered survivors returning home.
LITERARY FICTION
Barry's latest is a deep dive into the murky soul and psyche of a retired copper whose torments make Job's look like a grazed knee.
PICTURE THIS
This beautiful and eclectic collection celebrates all things feline in art, from Japanese woodblock prints of the Edo period and the stunning oil paintings of the Dutch masters, to Manet.
MUST READS
At an especially low moment, when she has been rejected for a job on Modern Ferret, Imogen is offered a staff job on a new online magazine, The Know.
It's a dog's life in a dog collar
This is the author's third book. The first, A Field Guide To The English Clergy, was basically a history of ecclesiastical oddballs and proved a huge success.
Waterside bungalow worth £13.5m at exclusive Sandbanks resort beats property value in Monaco
The 2,909sq ft bungalow has become one of the most expensive properties sold on 'Millionaire's Row' in Sandbanks, Dorset after a businessman bought it for a record £13.5million.
Inside Britain's 'wonkiest pub' which is up for sale amid fears it could be closed
The Crooked House, in Himley, Dudley, West Midlands, has attracted visitors from across the world. The 'leaning boozer of Himley' was built in 1765 but became a pub in the 1830s.
Battersea Power Station flats are being quietly reduced in price after more than two years on market
Rightmove listings have revealed a string of listings in Battersea Power Station (pictured) and Nine Elms have been reduced in price in recent weeks, properties worth millions advertised online s...
Average home insurance claim for damage caused by dogs is £1,200 says Aviva
In total, 3,825 insurance claims were accepted by Aviva in the five years between 2018 and 2022 by pet owners whose dog had caused significant damage at home.
The most viewed homes for sale on Rightmove revealed
We take a look inside the top five most viewed properties for sale on Rightmove, including a two-bedroom flat that featured in TV's 'Amanda & Alan's Italian Job'.
Grade II listed cottage where banoffee pie was created 50 years ago goes on the market for £550,000
Monks Rest is one of the Hungry Monk Cottages which was created after The Hungry Monk restaurant in Jevington, East Sussex, the home of the banoffee pie, closed down in 2012.
Inside mansion which hosted Winston Churchill and actor Richard Burton but left desolate after fire
Bontddu Hall, Dolgellau, Gwynedd, is up for sale - and has had its price cut by £200,000 to £750,000.
The egghead and the hourglass
Arthur miller's Death Of A Salesman, which so precisely conveys the brutality of ageing and the tragedy of lost dreams, is staged somewhere in the world nearly every day of the year.
Clarifications and corrections
An article published on 24 February followed up on reports in America that Cosori had recalled a number of their air fryers from the US, Canada, and Mexico. The article suggested that these...
Remote ex-railway worker's cottage dubbed Britain's 'loneliest house' has £50k slashed off price
Number 3 Blea Moor Cottages is in one of the most far-out parts of the Yorkshire Dales and prospective buyers must walk for 20 minutes to get there from the parking area.
Grade II Swiss chalet which was imported to London in 19th Century is on the market for £3.5m
The unique Grade II-listed, four-bedroom estate in Richmond-upon-Thames has accommodation across five floors, a cinema room, picturesque gardens and a view of Bushy Park.
Wrecked home on one of London's priciest roads for sale for £22.5M
The six-bedroom property sits in almost an acre of land at the end of Compton Avenue, a private tree-lined road in North London.
How long must I give my tenant to clear their rent arrears?
We speak to a legal expert about what tenants and landlords must know when it comes to settling arrears.
This 'Captain Pugwash' Dorset home is on the market for a lot of money
A Captain Pugwash-themed bungalow that is one of the last undeveloped properties on the Millionaire's Row of Sandbanks has gone up for sale for £5million.
London studio with kitchen appliances crammed into a cupboard on rental market for £1,343 a month
The room in South Kensington, central London, is described as 'a beautiful open plan living space' despite being smaller than a parking space.
Action plan: Ciar Byrne's essential jobs for your garden this week
Ciar Byrne says that the time to make your garden repairs is now, to get your lawn picnic-ready for the spring and summer. UK-based garden expert advises on what tools you need.
ENTER THE SONG CONTEST: Turn your garden into a haven for birds and enjoy the rousing chorus
Nesting season is under way and, this month, the charity Songbird Survival is encouraging people to think about Britain's much loved songbirds when gardening (songbird-survival.org.uk).
Average property price near London football clubs from Chelsea and Spurs to West Ham and Millwall
Rising property prices across London could mean some football fans are soon priced out of their beloved patch.
How two mothers saved me from death camp
As always when reading a memoir about the Holocaust, you can hardly take in the level of cruelty and depravity that man can inflict on man, let alone on such a small child.
Looking to move to the country? Why not set up your very own 'glampsite' for paying guests
Glamping is still gaining popularity. According to Canopy And Stars, the UK's top booking platform, revenue doubled between 2019 and 2022.
Bright colours and witty shapes - surrealist designs are back in our homes
Creativity, imagination, a dash of escapism, pushing boundaries. These are things we admire in homes - whether they're our own or someone else's.
The leaning tower of Rotherhithe on the Thames riverbank sells for £1.5million
The property stands alone on a riverbank of the Thames, in South East London's Rotherhithe. It was once surrounded by other properties, some of which were destroyed during the Blitz.
Wild about orchids! Get the basics right and anyone can grow orchids, says Monty Don
Orchids, which originate in the Philippines, have something of a reputation of being tricky to grow, but give them enough light and they will properly develop, says Monty Don
Uri Geller cuts a mind-bending £7m from asking price for his luxury mansion
Magician Uri Geller has dropped the asking price for his luxury River Thames mansion by a mind-bending £7m after disillusioned homebuyers failed to snap it up.
Become Clarkson's Farm's neighbour: Three homes for sale in Chadlington
We pick three properties for sale in Chadlington, the Cotswolds village that features prominently in the latest series of Clarkson's Farm.
MUST READS
It is chemistry that brings Elizabeth Zott and Calvin Evans together. They're both chemists at a private research lab in California. Calvin is a genius.
CRIME
The talented Mark Griffin first introduced criminal psychologist Holly Wakefield in his 2019 debut, which saw him shortlisted in the Daily Mail's First Crime Novel competition in 2017.
CHILDREN'S
This perfect blend of ecological adventure and moving exploration of family and friendship confirms Costa award-winning Farrant's exceptional talent.
How Stinky the royal dog trumped the Kaiser
Doggy People offers a fascinating portrait of a small corner of 19th-century life. Despite such a niche subject, it uncovers an interesting array of forgotten and colourful characters.
HISTORICAL
Alice Winn's devastating debut will smash your heart to smithereens. It opens in 1914, on the eve of the Great War, at a public school in the English countryside.
WHAT BOOK would rom-com author Beth O'Leary take to a desert island?
The book I'd take to a desert island would be Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen, because it is one book I never tire of re-reading. Austen has the most incredible eye for human nature.
LITERARY FICTION
New Zealand writer Eleanor Catton became the youngest-ever winner of the Booker with her Victorian crime saga The Luminaries in 2013.
Converted station house with its own private working railway and train on sale for £500,000
A converted station house in Newcastleton, Scotland that comes with its own private working railway track complete with a locomotive (pictured) has hit the market for £500,000.
Tiny ramshackle beach hut perched above Devon shoreline hits the market - for nearly £30,000
Perched above the shoreline in Westward Ho! in Devon, this nine feet by eight feet hut boasts uninterrupted sea views, but little else.
I want to raise money to give my family, is equity release an option?
I am a retired 72-year old with a £650k mortgage-free home and a pension generating £30k-plus net a year who wants to gift some money to family, is equity release an option?
Majestic £2.5m country mansion with 46 acres of land up for sale for first time in 175 years
The 'Woodlands' estate near Ipswich, Suffolk, has been in the hands of the same family since 1845. Agents say the house is ideal for buyers looking for a 'classic country home'.
How Britain's most desirable residence is now being circled by billionaires
The Holme, set in four acres of Regent's Park with views over a lake, is expected to fetch £250 million - some £40 million more than the previous record-holder overlooking Hyde Park
Grand country home built for first producer of Oscar Wilde's famous play goes up for sale for £3m
The Court, a grade II listed building near Chorleywood Common, Hertfordshire, was commissioned by actor and theatre producer Sir George Alexander and built in 1912.
How many days it takes for homes on sale to get the best offer
Data from more than 6,500 estate agents' branches found the price paid for a property decreases with time - potentially dropping thousands if it isn't sold within a month.
Tiny studio flat with bed just inches from the kitchen goes up for rent for £1,820 a month
The pokey pad is based in Fitzrovia and comes fully furnished with a wardrobe, bookcase, TV, a tiny table and chairs and a coffee table.
Historic Grade II manor in Wales goes on sale for £100,000
The Grade II*-listed Plas Rhiwaedog is nestled in the heart of the picturesque valley to the lower slopes of the Berwyn Mountains in the Snowdonia National Park, Wales.
London's priciest-ever house goes up for sale for £250million with four acres in Regent's Park
The mansion has been described as 'one of the most desirable private homes in London' and as the 'definition of western civilization in a single view'.
Authors Index - A to Z
Authors Index - A to Z
Average house price has risen nearly £50,000 since start of 2020, Halifax reveals
Halifax reveals that average house prices grew by 20.4% between January 2020 and December 2022, fuelled by the pandemic's 'race for space'.
Homes with straw roofs have more appeal thanks to their eco credentials
Houses first had thatched roofs in the Stone Age. That's 10,000 years ago, but this craft is in the midst of a 21st-century renaissance, thanks to social media and concern for the planet.
We pick four Italian renovation projects after TV's 'Amanda and Alan's Italian Job'
Searches for homes in Sicily are up 255 per cent since the TV show 'Amanda and Alan's Italian Job' began in January, compared with the same period a year ago.
Clarifications and corrections
A feature in Thursday's paper on China's support for Russia suggested that former Chancellor Philip Hammond had written an article for China Daily which argued that the UK and China should 'retur...
Pineapple lilies used to be too tender to survive outside
Pineapple lilies like moistureretentive, well-drained soil, and due to their origins they do best in a sunny spot - if set in shade they will produce a mass of lush leaves at the expense of flowe...
RightMove vs NOW: Homeowners share snaps of home before and after purchase in Instagram trend
Homeowners have been sharing the amazing renovations they've put their properties through after purchasing through Rightmove - and some of the results are stunning.
Clarifications and corrections
An article reported that Christopher Emms is in jail in Moscow. We have since been contacted by Mr Emms who has confirmed that he is not in fact in detention in Moscow.
Missing rural life? How to turn your urban home into a bucolic retreat
Every home should be a sanctuary from the gloom and chill of the winter months and nothing feels quite as inviting as a country cottage with a roaring log fire.
CONTEMPORARY
Set in 1990s London, this is a contemporary retelling of Thackeray's 1848 masterpiece Vanity Fair, starring a protagonist with the same name - Becky Sharp.
Would you pay £10M for a semi-detached church conversion in Chelsea?
The vast semi-detached home extends across four floors, has five bedrooms and covers a total of 8,075 square feet.
House known as the leaning tower of Rotherhithe is for sale for £1.5m
The tall white house stands alone on a section of riverbank on the Thames in South East London's Rotherhithe.
Up for a renovation project? These five cost less than average home
These dated homes can be picked up for bargain prices... but they will need substantial amounts of cash to transform them into modern family homes.
WHAT BOOK would Booker-shortlisted author NoViolet Bulawayo take to a desert island?
NoViolet Bulawayo is reading Innards by Magogodi oaMphela Makhene, set in South Africa and would take One Hundred Years Of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez to a desert island.
Burglar for hire: The people who are often caught - but never charged
UK-based security expert Jenny Radcliffe tests the security of companies and individuals by breaking into their buildings. She identifies the most careless people and runs rings around them.
LITERARY FICTION
This novel is the story of Shubhankar, who is ten when he witnesses an act of appalling violence during a Hindu wedding at a time when Hindu-Muslim relationships in India are at boiling point.
MUST READS
Is life beautiful but sad, or sad but beautiful? Neil, a former actor, is wondering about this question when he signs up for a course in Culture and Civilisation. The teacher, Elizabeth Finch, is...
DEBUTS
Rachel, Imogen and Sasha are the three daughters of long-divorced Margo and Richard. Years later, Margo entertains lovers and friends in her cottage on the Isle of Wight.
PSYCHOS
As her increasing number of dedicated fans will testify, everyone in Candlishland has some sort of secret. Knowing when they should keep or reveal them is Candlish's special gift.
PICTURE THIS
Curated by fashion journalist Marylou Luther and illustrated by artist Ruben Toledo, Be-Spoke is the best companion for lovers of style and design
How Britain's newspapers played a crucial role in helping to defeat Hitler and win the war
Professor Tim Luckhurst of Durham University is that increasing rarity among media academics: he actually likes the Press. The Press came to World War II understanding this was a war for survival...
A brother's memoir about survivors' guilt after the deaths of his two sisters
Family loyalty, family secrets and the love and hate felt by those linked by blood... these are so much a part of the human condition, they became a staple of Greek drama 2,500 years ago.
Brink's-Mat robbery: Home where gang melted gold is up for rent
Exclusive: Looking at the Georgian pile nestling into the countryside in a secluded hamlet near Bath, there are no clues to its underworld past. But it once belonged to John 'Goldfinger' Palmer.
Daughter of Norfolk's 'last marshmen' reveals heartbreak over family cottage turned into modern home
EXCLUSIVE: Susan Oldfield, 69, daughter of Broads legend Archie Taylor, has revealed to the MailOnline that she was 'shocked' at the property that was built in place of her childhood home
Slowest January in a decade for property sales as buyers 'wait and see'
Substantial house price falls are expected this year, with buyers holding back to see how the market unfolds, according to housing experts.
Flat-hunters slam advert for room asking tenants not be home 9-5 but must let landlady use kitchen
While a 'luxury X-large room or Studio in Richmond' is centrally located and well decorated, it seems that the landlord will be needing full use of the kitchen.
Country manor house which inspired a Virginia Woolf short story goes on market for £2.6million
Woolf - who famously wrote Mrs Dalloway and A Room of One's Own - visited Blo Norton Hall in 1906 when she was 24 and wrote a novella there, using the property as the setting for it.
Grandparents claim builder damaged their property's foundation at their home in Kent
Sandra, 63, and Stephen West, 62, paid for a new patio area at their home in Benenden, Kent. But they said their house has been left in a worse state than it was when the work started.
Largest French chateau in Provence is for sale for £16million
The chateau is the largest in the French region of Provence, with 120 rooms - including 25 bedroom suites.
Jet black house likened to a James Bond villain's lair sparks fury among neighbours
A modern Norfolk property made from wood and glass and finished in black - built on the site of an old thatched cottage - has divided the opinion of locals, being likened to a James Bond villain'...
Best books on... absent parents
The Garnett Girls by Georgina Moore and Maame by Jessica George are two new releases. Should you get a moment alone, these books about absent parents are good company.
Doer-upper in Middleton's village Bucklebury is for sale for £1.15million
This four-bedroom detached family home on Bucklebury Common is a doer-upper with 'huge potential' and is for sale for £1.15million.
Action plan: Ciar Byrne's essential jobs for your garden this week
Expert Ciar Byrne advises that between now and April is the time to plant alpine plants in UK gardens.
Grown your own ideas: Cut the cost of a garden redesign by mapping out stylish looks
Ciar Byrne advises how to design your garden how you want it on a budget. Most garden owners in the UK cannot afford a professional landscaper, so she gives her top tips on how to do it yourself.
Solitary white house along the Thames dubbed the 'Leaning Tower of Rotherhithe' on sale for £1.5M
The four-storey property on the banks of the River Thames, which was once a part of a row of buildings, has a run-down appearance but gathered an auction guide price of £1.5 million.
A shrinking economy and rising immigration is killing the American Dream, says ERBIL GUNASTI
If America is the land of opportunity, there is no state more firmly held to prove it true than California.
Home of legendary music engineer Rupert Neve on sale for £1.35m
The Old Church School was the home of Rupert Neve, a pioneer of analogue studio mixing consoles. The Cambridge property is now on the market for a whopping £1.35million.
Property experts warn sellers of the improvements to avoid if they want to make their money back
Experts have revealed the tweaks to your house that won't add any value when selling. They include outdoor swimming pools, fancy kitchens and garden offices as well as secret wine cellars.
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One lucky person is guaranteed to win a stunning waterfront property in Cornwall worth a staggering £4,500,000 - for as little as a £10 entry.