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Bold wallpaper in the loo, art deco and going for gold: Five interior design trends surging in popularity this autumn Searches have risen for interior design features such as wallpaper in the loo Expert says you should be bold and adventurous with your prints Cole & Son is a popular choice among interior designers due … Read more
Are these the best retirement destinations in Europe? Spain tops the league, Finland is a surprise second… and Britain lags in 17th place Research based on crime rates, cost of living, life expectancy, property prices and population age Italy and Slovenia also performed well in the study of 45 countries Switzerland – with easily the … Read more
Hundreds of bereaved families could be forced to unravel estates wound up years ago after Lloyds Banking Group discovered a vast trove of old wills it could not match to customers. Lloyds confirmed the massive storage blunder, revealed by the Financial Times, which has left it scrambling to reunite about 9,000 families with loved ones’ … Read more
These vibrant destinations are guaranteed to brighten up your day and bring a smile to your face. And one thing is for sure, they need no Instagram filter. From the vividly painted townhouses of Copenhagen to the rainbow-drenched streets of Venice, scroll down for our pick of the world’s brightest breaks… Burano Island, Venice, Italy … Read more
I bought an iPad from John Lewis in September 2017. I started having problems, so they suggested I send it back. Three weeks later, a reconditioned iPad was returned to me. In the past three years, I have had three reconditioned iPads — always with problems. With the latest one, I am having to charge … Read more
When was the last time that you received an email from Amazon warning you about fraud? Scouring my inbox, I can see an alarming number of delivery notifications for books and films — but not a single fraud alert. Yet, as we have revealed, scammers are clearly targeting Amazon on an industrial scale. As the … Read more
Spread your wings on a wild adventure: The best holidays for animal lovers, from helping to protect puffins in Scotland to tagging Indonesia’s manta rays Here’s our pick of the best expeditions and experiences for animal lovers You can get close to some of the world’s rarest and most endangered species Tours have research and … Read more
Women are reaching the peak of their earning power in the forties for the first time as fewer are forced to take lower paid jobs or quit work completely after having children, official figures revealed today. And in another step forward for female workers – for those under the age of 40 the gender pay … Read more
The California wildfire season has had an awful start this year, scorching hundreds of thousands of acres, fueled by the Santa Ana winds. These fires, which typically begin in September, spring up in hot and dry conditions that make it easy for the flames to spread and, in turn, make the blazes difficult to extinguish. … Read more
You may have heard that it’s just been lauded as a ‘modest masterpiece’, winning the prestigious RIBA Stirling architectural award, a first for a council estate. But what makes this huddle of around 100 houses and flats in Goldsmith Street, Norwich, so special — and why might it have implications for the rest of us? … Read more