by Maggie | Jul 2, 2024 | Food & Drink Features
Every spring, more than 200,000 visitors descend upon the Spanish city of Lleida for L’Aplec del Caragol – a cheerful celebration of the region’s most beloved food: snails. You smell it long before you see it. Columns of smoke rise from the barbecues... by Maggie | Jul 2, 2024 | Leisure & Travel Features
Dreaming about a summer spent in a campervan? Check out these dreamy campsites where you can park and pitch up in the UK. Whether you’re imagining trekking legendary highways and gorgeous coastal routes or working your way between blissful nature reserves and bustling... by Maggie | Jul 2, 2024 | Health & Lifestyle News
We’ve stopped believing they’re messages from the gods. So what are dreams – and what purpose do they serve? Here’s what the science says: When my husband brought me a cup of tea in bed the other morning, I could barely muster a “thank you”. I was furious that... by Maggie | Jul 1, 2024 | Home & Garden Features
A former dairy business now hosts a thriving artistic community – and a spectacular converted barn. Suzanne Blank Redstone and her husband, Peter Redstone, have lived on the same Devon farm, nestled in a tree-fringed valley a mile from the sea, for 50 years. The... by Maggie | Jul 1, 2024 | Home & Garden Features
Gardens could be part of the solution to the climate and biodiversity crisis. But what are we doing? Disappearing them beneath plastic and paving. In my 20s I lived in Manchester, on the sixth floor of a block of council flats just off the A57, or Mancunian (Mancy)...