Facebook has banned a Dorset-based historical re-enactment society for a second time after mistaking it for a far-right militia group. Five elderly members of the Wimborne Militia of Dorset were left bemused after their Facebook accounts were suspended last month. The social media giant had been taking down and restricting accounts of right-wing paramilitary groups … Read more
Look what’s blooming early! Royal Horticultural Society garden puts on an impressive show of colour… and it’s open to visit if you live nearby Royal Horticultural Society’s garden at Wisley, Surrey, still offers plenty to see It’s open for those lucky enough to live within a short distance ‘There are flowers coming up a little … Read more
Coventry Building Society becomes latest lender to bring back 10% mortgages in a boost for home buyers seeking low-deposit deals UK’s second-largest building society is re-entering 90% loan-to-value market These mortgages are popular with first-time buyers and movers with low equity Low-deposit products were pulled by almost all lenders in 2020 due to Covid Providers … Read more
It’s not just the cold water that will leave you gasping during a wild swim on the Castle Ashby estate in Northamptonshire. Every time you take a stroke in its lake – designed by Capability Brown – you can glimpse the breathtaking 100-room Elizabethan castle through your goggles. I’m in pretty esteemed company, too: one … Read more
‘Cancel culture is like a medieval mob’: Rowan Atkinson blasts social media and blames it for widening divisions in society Rowan Atkinson said that he finds playing Mr Bean ‘stressful and exhausting’ The actor, 65, also said the only character he enjoyed playing was Blackadder He compared online cancel culture to ‘digital equivalent of the … Read more
Royal Horticultural Society is dragged into culture wars as boss vows to make it less ‘white, middle-aged and middle class’ A critic said it was ‘another institution falling to the modernisation agenda’ The president said the RHS would affirm the ‘commitment to equality’ TV garden designer Danny Clarke welcomed the proposed changes By Chris Hastings and … Read more
Building society bosses plead with government to ‘taper’ stamp duty holiday for those with approved mortgages Government temporarily increased the nil rate band of residential stamp duty in England and Northern Ireland from £125,000 to £500,000 The ‘holiday’ is due to end on 31 March 2021 Building Society bosses say this will have a ‘damaging … Read more
Facebook freezes accounts of Dorset historical re-enactment society who enjoy portraying the 1685 Monmouth Rebellion and switching on the local Christmas lights ‘after mistaking them for a US far-right militia’ Wimborne Militia, in Dorset, recreate historic battles from the 17th century Five of its 60 members have recently had their Facebook accounts disabled They fear … Read more
What the wealthy baronet didn’t know — or at least claimed not to know — was that Valerie Langdon usually worked in a dive in Holborn, London, called the Casino de Venise. There she spent her evenings as a barmaid, banjo player — and prostitute One night, in late Victorian Brighton, Sir Henry Meux, a … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: BBC stars Emma Rigby and Sid Owen are accused of flouting Covid rules as they join bankers and property execs at high society Halloween party in luxury apartment overlooking Tower Bridge EastEnders legend Sid Owen and BBC star Emma Rigby were at Halloween party held by Treats Magazine Bash held in Tier Two level … Read more