7 h. ago Stunning 17th century manor house where comedy icon Bob Monkhouse spent the last decades of his life goes on the market

The Grade II listed property, named Claridges, in the village of Eggington is where the comic spent the last 28 years of his life and also where he peacefully passed away in his sleep from cancer.

Economics

24 h. ago Craig Bellamy's new life of peace after bankruptcy, marriage split and mistakes

The Wales manager is no stranger to controversies

Politics

46 h. ago Britain's oldest rescue dog searching for retirement home at age of 126

Charity chiefs want people to look past ‘the odd grey hair’ and give Chihuahua Tiny a home to see out the rest of his life in peace and comfort

Events

8 d. ago The peacock parent problem: how to survive being raised by a narcissist

Psychotherapist Kathleen Saxton has written a book about growing up with a mother or father who is grandiose, entitled, exploitative and lacking in empathy. She discusses how to recognise the signs – and recoverMany of Kathleen Saxton’s clients only realise they were brought up by a narcissistic parent when they are older. Saxton, a psychotherapist, says that the truth may come with starting a relationship, meeting their partner’s family, and seeing they are nothing like their own. “Or they have family themselves, and think, ‘I would never do that to my own children.’ Sometimes it takes us until we’re in our 30s or 40s to realise that something was not OK.” Her oldest client is in their 70s and “has finally dealt with the fact they’ve got a narcissistic mother, who is still alive, and how it’s affected them all through their life”.Saxton hopes her new book, My Parent the Peacock, will help people to recognise, and recover from, a narcissistic parent. They might have grown up being c...

Events

1 week ago EastEnders star Heather Peace says 'life isn't easy' after 'unexpected' achievement following cancer battle

The popular actress announced earlier in the year that she was diagnosed with breast cancer

Events

1 week ago ‘My past was chaos’: Iain Lee on abuse, cocaine, comedy, his on

The broadcaster and comedian has been delighting and outraging audiences for almost 30 years. Off-air, his life has lurched from crisis to crisis. Has he finally found peace?It’s nearly three decades since Iain Lee roamed the streets for Channel 4’s 11 O’Clock Show, armed with clipboard and microphone, a string of filthy questions tucked up his oversized suit sleeve. He’s 52 now, and presumably he’s matured since he memorably interviewed the singer Cleo Laine about her husband’s masturbatory habits. But maybe not, because this summer Lee hit the streets again, where among other things, he mimed giving a blowjob to a 76-year-old who said he’d never been attracted to a man. A lot of the content on the original show was homophobic, Lee says, but he came out as bisexual in 2019, and maybe he now goes where his younger self didn’t dare.Next month Lee returns with Impostor Syndrome – his first solo live gig in 10 years. The show is billed as a commemoration of three decades in showbusines...

Events

2 w. ago ‘You can feel the gods here’: a village homestay in Nepal that supports Indigenous women

Far from tourist hotspots, staying with a family in a rural mountain village gives a vivid taste of life in little-visited east NepalAs the Nepali night takes on the texture of velvet, the party naturally divides. The men sway in a circle, singing plaintively. The women surround an elderly lady who smokes tobacco rolled in writing paper. And I settle into swapping stories with the girls. Alina and her younger cousins Miching and Blinka may be draped in the silks and heavy jewellery of the Indigenous Aath Pahariya Rai community, but they’re as keen to talk love and travel as any young women. “I’m too independent to get married until I’m very old,” declares 21-year-old Alina. “When I graduate, I want to go to Paris – and then come home to Sipting. Life’s peaceful here and the air is clear.”I’m in the little-visited Dhankuta region of eastern Nepal on a trip hosted by Community Homestay Network (CHN). This social enterprise is working with governmental organisations and non-p...

Politics

3 w. ago Life experiences and peace of mind: what can your money do for you?

Sam Goult, financial planner and director at AC Wealth, explores what matters when it comes to making decisions with your money

Politics

3 w. ago Many Brits are only just realising what tiny 'off' button actually does in car

A TokToker has shared a video highlighting a useful feature found in most motors that drivers old and new should be aware of — not only does it provide peace of mind, it could save your life

Politics

4 w. ago Heather Peace unveils dramatic hair transformation after breast cancer treatment

Heather Peace has revealed how her hair went through a stunning transformation having finished treatment for breast cancer in May, ahead of her appearance at the National Television Awards in London.

Society