2 h. ago Sticky end? The British pudding faces extinction, English Heritage warns

Not just boiled or steamed desserts in danger, charity finds, households also rarely make fruit pies and crumblesAt the end of the 17th century a French travel writer who crossed the Channel was clearly impressed by the sweet, comforting treats offered to him, declaring with relish: “Ah! What an excellent thing is an English pudding!”More than three centuries on, English Heritage has sounded the alarm that the good old British pudding is facing extinction. Continue reading...

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68 h. ago 17th century manor house on sale for £150k but there's a catch

The Grade II-listed property has six bedrooms

Economics

4 d. ago Six killed and dozens wounded by Israeli army while collecting aid, says Gaza civil defence – Middle East crisis live

Israeli troops reported to have targeted civilians assembling near an aid point in central GazaThe US and UK have “disagreements” on Gaza including over whether to recognise a Palestinian state, JD Vance has suggested as he arrived in England for his summer holiday.The US vice-president was speaking before a bilateral meeting with David Lammy, the UK foreign secretary, at his 17th-century grace-and-favour country house, Chevening. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Historic church with pulpit and stained glass windows on sale for £150k as 'family home'

The Roxburgh Church in Kelso, Scotland, is said to be a 'wonderful find for those ready to start their renovation journey' with plans to transform it into a family home

Economics

5 d. ago 17th century church with stunning stained glass on sale for £150k as family home

The 1752-constructed church, situated in a cemetery, has been listed for sale at £150,000 with planning permission to convert it into a family home

Economics

7 d. ago Professional cleaner shares 'genius' hack for wiping glass surfaces with two items 

Stains on glass surfaces, like mirrors and windows, can be especially annoying because of how visible they are but a professional house cleaner shared a simple hack

Politics

8 d. ago Historic house that instills the 'Golden Age of Leith' comes onto market for £3.75m

Lamb’s House takes us back to 17th Century Leith when the harbour boomed with merchants and trade.

Economics

8 d. ago Historic house that instils the 'Golden Age of Leith' comes onto market for £3.75m

Lamb’s House takes us back to 17th Century Leith when the harbour boomed with merchants and trade.

Economics

1 week ago The Confessions of Samuel Pepys by Guy de la Bédoyère review – sex and the city

Newly decoded extracts from his diaries expose the celebrated 17th-century diarist and naval administrator as a rapacious sexual predatorSamuel Pepys’s diary, which covers 1660 to 1669, is regarded as one of the great classic texts in the English language. Words spill out of Pepys – 1.25m of them – as he bustles around London, building a successful career as a naval administrator while navigating the double trauma of the plague and the Great Fire of London. Historians have long gone to the diary for details of middle-class life during the mid‑17th century: the seamy streets, the watermen, the taverns and, as Pepys moves up the greasy pole, the court and the king. Best of all is his eye for the picturesque detail: the way, for instance, on the morning of 4 September 1666, as fire licks around his house, Pepys buries a choice parmesan cheese in the garden with the intention of keeping it safe.Not all of the diary is in English, though. Quite a lot of it is in French (or rather Frangla...

Politics

1 week ago The Confessions of Samuel Pepys by Guy de la Bédoyère review – journal of a predator

Newly decoded extracts expose the celebrated 17th-century diarist and naval administrator as a rapacious abuserSamuel Pepys’s diary, which covers 1660 to 1669, is regarded as one of the great classic texts in the English language. Words spill out of Pepys – 1.25m of them – as he bustles around London, building a successful career as a naval administrator while navigating the double trauma of the plague and the Great Fire of London. Historians have long gone to the diary for details of middle-class life during the mid‑17th century: the seamy streets, the watermen, the taverns and, as Pepys moves up the greasy pole, the court and the king. Best of all is his eye for the picturesque detail: the way, for instance, on the morning of 4 September 1666, as fire licks around his house, Pepys buries a choice parmesan cheese in the garden with the intention of keeping it safe.Not all of the diary is in English, though. Quite a lot of it is in French (or rather Franglais), Latin, Spanish and a ...

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4 w. ago 17th century Scottish 'sea view' home that was once doctor's surgery for sale

The property is less than one mile from the beach.

Society