An image that captures the nightmare birds that are causing mayhem across Britain (more…)
Tag: sea
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Far from moderation
American diet guru Jenny Craig’s ocean side residence remains on the market for £25.9 million after one year for sale – it is anything but a symbol of moderation (more…)
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Tracy Edwards MBE: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times asks round the world sailor Tracy Edwards: “What’s on your mantelpiece?” (more…)
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Seafair – The Hurricane Hut
The last great Newport ‘cottage’ heads into its second year on the market (more…)
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Sun, sand and salt
A £1.375 million house in a Norfolk village with connections to James Blunt
The summer is nearly over but many of you no doubt will find yourselves continuing to hanker after the sun and sand. A new house named Marshlands in the village of Cley next the Sea in North Norfolk could offer you just that. (more…)
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Britain’s Detroit?
Could the most deprived area in Britain be the place to invest?
The city of Detroit has long been a no-go area and its decline from an automotive giant to a capital of deprivation has been well documented. Britain’s equivalent is a small seaside village named Jaywick, near Clacton-on-Sea in Essex. (more…)
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From Docker to Dunstone
Norah Docker’s yacht, Shemara, has found a saviour in Charles Dunstone
When spendaholics Sir Bernard and Lady Docker took ownership of a 65-metre yacht, the Shemara, in the 1950s, little did they know that it would ultimately become part of their nemesis. The very same boat – after languishing for many years – has now been fully restored and is now in the ownership of the telecommunications titan Sir Charles Dunstone. (more…)
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Reducing an island
Buy a private island in Scotland’s Summer Isles for a knockdown price
The Scottish independence campaign has been in the main funded by EuroMillions winners Chris and Colin Weir. If their desire doesn’t come to fruition, however, there’s another option for them: They could buy themselves a private island. (more…)
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Phoebe Haines: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
20 questions with mezzo soprano Phoebe Haines
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
My family and friends.
“Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?
“If you ask me what I came into this world to do, I will tell you I came to live out loud” (Emile Zola) or “The bigger the hair the closer to God” (Dolly Parton).
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Picture of the Week: Soggy socked Sam
The plight of Somerset’s ‘King Canute’ Sam Notaro sums up how bad flooding in the UK is
The arrogance of government ministers about flooding and the many victims who’ve been underwater since December has been surprising but our Picture of the Week is what truly sums up the mess so many are in. (more…)