How you can benefit from the Green Deal

How you can benefit from the Green Deal

  Thanks to the Government’s Green Deal scheme an Oxfordshire couple has transformed the energy efficiency and appearance of their rural home, while saving almost a third on the cost reports JANE SLADE For Chris Smith, a retired IT manager, (pictured above)...
A visit to Monet’s garden

A visit to Monet’s garden

Celebrated novellist JANEY FRASER travels to Giverny for a long weekend to visit Monet’s garden ‘Remind me,’ said my husband as we boarded the Brittany ferry at Portsmouth. ‘Why are we going all the way to Normandy just to see a garden?’ He had a point. To be...
Royal Princess – a taste of Hollywood on water

Royal Princess – a taste of Hollywood on water

KEITH SAVIDGE reviews Princess Cruises’ latest ship Royal Princess on her first return to Southampton since she was launched by the Duchess of Cambridge Royal Princess must be one of most glamorous cruise liners at sea boasting a Hollywood sparkle all the way...
Enjoy a long weekend in fabulous Fez

Enjoy a long weekend in fabulous Fez

Jane Slade and her husband spent three days exploring the fascinating Medina in Fez in Morocco, staying at the luxurious Palais Amani hotel A huge steaming pot of chickpea soup bubbles away on precarious looking stove next to a barber cutting a boy’s hair. Beside him...
Home extensions that add value

Home extensions that add value

As the housing market continues to recover, the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) today reveals the home extensions most likely to add value to your property Research conducted as a part of NAEA’s latest monthly housing market report revealed that almost...