4 h. ago The village that has banned trendy black doors: Cotswolds retreat made famous by Bridget Jones outlaws fashionable colours that are ruining their homes' 'historic character'

A chocolate-box Cotswolds village has found itself at war after a small group of 'busy bodies' complained about neighbours painting their front doors black.

Society

4 d. ago Inside the UK's 'most beautiful town' set to star in new Christmas movie with Hollywood A

Surrounded by lush greenery and packed with characterful buildings, cobbled streets and history, it's not surprising the Yorkshire location has caught the eyes of film producers.

Culture

6 d. ago The quaint Cotswolds village where locals need permission to paint their front doors black

The idyllic Cotswolds village of Snowshill, with its higgledy-piggledy honey-colored stone cottages, has had new planning rules implemented.

Events

9 d. ago Black Phone 2 review – hit horror sequel lumbers toward Elm Street

Ethan Hawke’s child-killing murderer returns from the dead to become a joke-free, low-rent Freddy Krueger in a follow-up that leaves us coldArriving as the re-activated Stephen King machine was still churning out adaptations, quality be damned, The Black Phone felt like a lazy fanboy tribute. With its 1970s small town setting, high school cast, psychic kids and gnarly neighbourhood villain, it was close to pastiche and, like the very worst of King’s stories, it was also inelegantly overstuffed.Funnily enough the call came from inside the family home, as it was based on a short story from King’s son Joe Hill, over-extended into a film that was a surprise $161m hit. It was the story of the Grabber, a sadistic killer of young boys who would revel in elongating the ritual of their deaths. While sexual abuse was never mentioned, there was something inescapably queer-coded about the character and the historical touchpoints/moral panics he was clearly supposed to refer to, reinforced by Et...

Events

2 w. ago All Creatures Great and Small star speaks out on 'cool' spin

EXCLUSIVE: The star of the much-loved family drama was keen to explore his character's history.

Politics

2 w. ago Tiny market town with proper pubs on one of the world's most scenic train journeys

I love a Welsh market town, especially if it's got bags of character and history and proper pubs where you can get a round in without having to remortgage your house

Politics

3 w. ago Did Byron Hedges really work with his cousins in the Guinness family?

House of Guinness features both real-life historical figures and fictional characters.

Politics