LAURENCE LLEWELYN-BOWEN argues that our treasured plots have never been such a much-needed haven

Well, thank goodness for that! After many long, sunny, spring weeks, Britain’s garden centres have reopened. And it hasn’t come soon enough. All those unmown lawns, privets that need to see a good pair of secateurs, bare patches of land hungry to be planted out — at last they can be tended to. But even … Read more

How Killing Eve’s extravagant kill plots were inspired by real life murders

The hair-rising spy drama Killing Eve drew its inspiration from the murders of real people, it has been revealed.  MI6 consultant Gordon Corera described how he was able to collaborate with the creators of the drama to give avid fans a glimpse of the world of espionage and make the narrative plausible. The drama, which … Read more

He’s back… Woodford plots £500million fund 

He’s back… disgraced Neil Woodford plots £500million private fund – to buy back some of the unquoted biotech stocks that helped topple his investing empire By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 23:46 GMT, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 08:32 GMT, 8 March 2020 Disgraced fund manager Neil Woodford is in talks about making a … Read more

Chancellor Rishi Sunak plots a pension lockdown under plans to delay the age to 57 

Millions of savers could have to wait another TWO YEARS to dip into their pensions under amid controversial Treasury plans to raise age for cashing in to 57 Chancellor Rishi Sunak under pressure to raise the minimum pension age to 57  Mr Sunak is due to deliver his first Budget in just weeks on March … Read more