Interviews
Jennie Bond shares her Memory Box treasures
Former BBC Royal Correspondent JENNIE BOND reveals what she would put in her own memory box, after been inspired by those at Moore Place care home, which Jennie opened in December I'm sure most people would agree that memories, rather than possessions or...
Why Kevin McCloud doesn’t like retirement villages
We need to build more schemes for people of all ages declares Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud. By JANE SLADE “We should be building communities for all ages and not segregating the old in retirement villages,” says Kevin McCloud, presenter of Channel 4’s property...
Running your house as a home and a business
As the curtain rises on the 22nd Holders Season in Barbados, founder Wendy Kidd talks to JANE SLADE about how her stunning plantation home has given her a new lease of life There are few signs to Holders, the exquisite 17th century house built on a former sugar...
Fairport Convention – still rocking after all these years
FRED REDWOOD talks to the band Fairport Convention about their music, their homes and getting older If you want to seriously annoy Simon Nicol, founder member of the veteran folk-rock band Fairport Convention, bring up the subject of newcomers to the music business...
