7 h. ago Hidden estate with truly special house is the ultimate country escape dream

A truly special house, garden and outbuildings in the top 7% of the most important listed buildings in Wales

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26 h. ago Watch: Machado’s daring escape from Venezuela caught on video

A newly released video shows Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado escaping the country in December 2025.

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3 d. ago Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials review – A country house mystery crackling with wit and escapist glamour

Netflix manages to capture the seductive appeal of Britain’s Roaring Twenties in this spirited and ingeniously plotted espionage thriller

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6 d. ago Escape review – notorious Japanese revolutionary tells story of country’s most wanted criminal

Director Masao Adachi – formerly of the Japanese Red Army – on the infamous Satoshi Kirishima, who went on the run in 1975 after a series of corporate bombingsMasao Adachi is an 86-year-old Japanese film-maker and former revolutionary activist who spent almost 30 years in Lebanese exile due to his former membership of terrorist group the Japanese Red Army in the 1970s; arrested on his return to Japan, after his release from prison he returned to cinema – and has now made this intriguing chamber piece called Tôsô, or Escape, an intensely, sometimes even passionately acted piece of work, imagining the inner life of a man who was once Japan’s most wanted fugitive.It is about the now infamous Satoshi Kirishima who, after his involvement in terrorist attacks on corporate buildings, went on the run from the police in 1975 and for decades lived as a cash-in-hand construction worker under a false name, hiding under the radar but in plain sight. He was never recognised and finally confessed ...

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1 week ago Why the film 'Everybody to Kenmure Street' is an inspiration to all

After surviving Christmas, Janet Christie is looking forward to Everybody To Kenmure Street by the filmmaker behind Nae Pasaran. Both films highlight the very real difference that ordinary people can make to the world

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1 week ago Oil tankers break Trump’s blockade of Venezuela by escaping in ‘Dark Mode’ coordinated dash past US Navy & Coast Guard

MORE than a dozen sanctioned oil tankers have fled Venezuelan waters, defying Trump's naval blockade. The vessels - mostly loaded with Venezuelan crude and fuel - stealthily escaped the country's waters by throwing off location trackers, making the ships appear to be thousands of miles away. Flicking trackers into "dark mode", the ships bypassed American...

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2 w. ago Celebrity Escape To The Country fans NOT convinced as Angellica Bell tours properties in 'staged' BBC episode

The latest episode of the programme saw the TV presenter, 49, and her husband Michael Underwood, 50, go on the hunt for their dream home in Devon for £1 million.

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2 w. ago Escape to the Country fans spot 'problem' as Angellica Bell makes admission

Celebrity Escape to the Country viewers were left confused during Monday's episode

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2 w. ago Escape To The Country viewers rage 'are you kidding me BBC?!' as they share furious complaint just minutes into Christmas episode

The latest instalment of the BBC programme saw Sonali Shah, 45, meet a couple called Nicky and Gavin who wanted to find their dream home in Dorset for £550,000.

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3 w. ago Janet Street Porter leaves Escape To The Country host scrambling with blistering swipe

The Loose Women star, 78, who owns an apartment in central London, wanted some help to find her dream home in East Anglia that she can share with her husband Peter.

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3 w. ago Escape to the Country wows Loose Women star with beautiful Scottish property

Escape to the Country's Alistair Appleton was put to the test once again as he helped Loose Women's Janet Street-Porter find her dream home.

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