Peter Miller and his wife, Hilary Kingsley, downsized four years ago years ago from a large family home in South-West London that they had lived in for decades, to a smaller house just down the road. Although they are happy with their move, the process was not without its problems. Here, Peter shares what he wishes he’d known before they’d started.
We knew the time had come to downsize when we received a quote to repair the roof. It was
A mother has expressed her heartache after her 22-year-old daughter killed herself during an intense meditation retreat.
Nathalie, from Ontario, Canada, told the Financial Times’ podcast, The Retreat, how her daughter Jaqui checked into a 10-day Goenka retreat in Merritt – but the ‘free spirit’ left early and took her own life.
The podcast examines the world of the Goenka network, which promotes a type of intensive meditation known as Vipassana, which sees people meditate for 10 to 11 hours
A court heard Monday that Alec Baldwin said he was going to ‘whip it out,’ referring to the weapon that was used to accidentally shoot and kill a cinematographer on the set of ‘Rust.’
Baldwin, the jury heard, preferred to use real guns rather than rubber ones. He loved the feel of the ‘hero props.’
The trial of Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was shown chilling footage of Baldwin pulling the weapon out in the same spot where he killed Halyna
Love Island All Stars winners Molly Smith and Tom Clare looked loved up as they landed back at Heathrow Airport on Wednesday evening.
The duo bagged the £50,000 prize money after winning the ITV dating show on Monday evening.
And after a whirlwind two days, Molly, 29, and Tom, 24, made their way home with their sweet toy dog Nella.
Also at arrivals were Molly’s ex Callum Jones who held hands with his partner Jess Gale who he came runner
Michael J. Fox and his wife Tracy Pollan put on a loved up display as they hit the red carpet together for the 2024 BAFTAs.
The Back to the Future actor’s documentary Still, which is about the actor’s life and his diagnosis with Parkinson’s, is nominated for an award at Sunday’s ceremony.
Accompanying him to the ceremony at The Royal Festival Hall in London’s Southbank Centre was his wife of more than 35 years Tracy.
Tracy, 63, looked elegant in
Twice a week, I stagger out of the front door in my slippers and pyjamas to collect our fresh, organic (obviously) milk and put out the empty glass bottles for the milkman to re-use.
These days, I wouldn’t dream of buying milk in plastic. Nor my veg, come to that. It’s delivered by electric vehicle or I cycle to our local farmer’s market with my hemp tote bags.
The small amount of plastic that does enter our house is religiously
You may be surprised to hear that the proverbial Allure group chat (a.k.a. Slack) is just as a-buzz with new product launches as it is with editor love letters to classic beauty products. It turns out, our readers are just like us. We took a look at the most popular beauty products of 2023 among our audience and compiled our findings into one fascinating end-of-year roundup.
While many of the products aren’t fresh off the 2023 press release, our readers
A terrified passenger on board a near-catastrophic Alaska Airlines flight revealed the moment she text her family ‘I don’t want to die’ after a window on the jet blew out.
Emma Vu took to TikTok after surviving the horror Alaska Airlines flight 1282 on Friday evening, which was bound from Portland to California before a cabin window blasted into the sky at 16,000 feet.
‘In the moment I was so scared,’ Vu said, as she showed her panic-stricken texts to
I’ve just had a conversation with my dead mother and am feeling very weird… yet oddly happy.
My mother, Pat, died seven years ago at the age of 83 after a stroke. She had been in a coma for more than two weeks before slipping away and, at the time, although feeling bereft of a loving, funny and kind parent, it was a release.
She had been diagnosed with dementia and was almost completely bedbound with a crumbling spine caused
Side by side, four young cousins chat with their grandmother via a video link. ‘What’s your favourite sport?’ one of them asks Marina Smith as she reclines in a comfy armchair in her Nottinghamshire home. ‘It used to be tennis and hockey and I am also very interested in horse-jumping,’ the 87-year-old replies, before adding: ‘But I don’t ride a horse!’
The response elicits a chuckle from her grandchildren who continue to talk about her likes and dislikes, as well
