WHAT BOOK would farmer and writer Amanda Owen take to a desert island? Amanda Owen is currently reading The Bolter by Frances Osborne She would take Swaledale by Marie Hartley and Ella Pontefract to a desert island British writer said James Herriot first gave her the reading bug By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:02 BST, 30 April … Read more
A farmer has hit out at careless walkers having picnics and sunbathing in her fields during lockdown amid fears her vulnerable family could contract coronavirus. Amanda Woolley, who runs Plumbley Lane Farm in Mosborough, Sheffield, says people are ignoring signs telling walkers not to dawdle on their land. The Woolleys, who have owned the farm … Read more
A big thank ewe! Farmer herds flock of 150 sheep into hillside tribute for NHS workers Farmers herded sheep to spell NHS in Luss, Argyll and Bute, south west Scotland The farmers wanted to show thanks to NHS workers and raise spirits of locals It took three attempts and a whole family of farmers to … Read more
Florence Nightingale was born in 1820 in the Italian city of Florence and moved with her family as a baby to the East Midlands in 1821. The Nightingale family was wealthy and well-connected and Florence’s father William Shore had inherited the Lea estate (and with it the right to change his surname) from his uncle, … Read more
‘Are you The One?’ Farmer Wants A Wife reveals the five countrymen who will star in the rebooted series – as the show’s release date is confirmed By Shive Prema For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:35 GMT, 18 March 2020 | Updated: 10:35 GMT, 18 March 2020 After disappearing for three years from Australian screens, … Read more
When British heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury stopped Deontay Wilder last month to become the WBC champion of the world, it was regarded as one of the greatest comebacks in sporting history. Mired by admissions of cocaine use, allegations of homophobia and battles with mental illness, Fury’s victory was hailed not merely as a supreme display … Read more