Good news! You can beat diabetes without giving up pasta or puddings 

It might be a delicious, steaming bowl of spaghetti, or toast in the morning. Perhaps it’s a jacket potato for lunch, a couple of biscuits, or a banana and a glass of milk before bed. All are dietary staples enjoyed by millions of Britons. But would you give them all up if it could ‘cure’ … Read more

Fed up with Brexit and endless gloomy news? You need our guide to remote boltholes

Where I live and write in Bath, heavy traffic shakes my building. Family, work deadlines, my bank account and, yes, Brexit all conspire to make me feel hemmed in. ‘The essential test of freedom asks how far in any direction we can move from where we now sit without deviating or meeting obstacles,’ wrote the … Read more