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Labour of love for TV’s Gavin

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:42:32 GMT

You would have thought that when he moved to a new house in Wicklow, known as the Garden of Ireland, Diarmuid Gavin, the enfant terrible of the gardening fraternity, would have wasted no time hauling in the diggers, landscaping materials, amazing plants and architectural altars.

Paradise found for gourmets

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:02:32 GMT

As I lie in bed, sunlight drenches the Southern Ocean stretched out in front of me. Colours shifting, the horizon slowly melts into the sky as the sun rises over an endless expanse of white empty beach.

Injury causes gig’s cancellation

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:35:34 GMT

the forthcoming Think Floyd gig at Derby’s Assembly Rooms on Sunday, May 19, has had to be cancelled.

Race against time for Kirk and Co

Sat, 11 May 2013 07:20:43 GMT

If you’re off to the cinema, here are few films to c consider:

Wit and sheer intelligence

Sat, 11 May 2013 06:58:45 GMT

If you’re looking for a good read this week, here are few offerings:

Art and soul of Amsterdam

Sat, 11 May 2013 06:29:55 GMT

Bicycles jingle and clatter across red-brick bridges - some carrying “wheelbarrows” filled with children, others with passengers riding side-saddle on the back.

Show time at Chelsea

Sat, 11 May 2013 06:23:52 GMT

So, what are we going to learn from this year’s internationally acclaimed horticultural show?

Storm force

Fri, 03 May 2013 13:40:07 GMT

Chris Rowe, of Eagle Street, Heage, took this picture of the windmill in the village during a storm.

Buzzing to help the bees

Thu, 02 May 2013 18:30:47 GMT

Reports that our bee population is at crisis point as numbers have been hit by bad weather and particularly long winters should prompt responsible gardeners to protect our bees by creating a prosperous environment for them.

Cruising into a Barbie world

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:12:51 GMT

There are many aspects of the world’s largest and most innovative cruise ship that knock you for six. Its 16 passenger decks. Its seven neighbourhoods. Its basketball courts and swimming pools. Its living, breathing Central Park.

Wild nights for newly-weds

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:53:39 GMT

I wake up with a jolt, stirred by the crunching of fallen branches metres from my pillow. A heavy-footed intruder is on the prowl and he isn’t doing a very good job of disguising his tracks.

Hairspray tickets are on sale

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:16:42 GMT

TICKETS are now on sale to the smash-hit musical Hairspray, when it comes to Nottingham’s Theatre Royal from July 2-13, 2013.