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Happy Valley’s Sarah Lancashire set to play iconic chef Julia Child for new HBO Max drama documenting her journey to food stardom By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 08:40 GMT, 15 January 2021 | Updated: 08:41 GMT, 15 January 2021 Sarah Lancashire is set to take on the role of French chef Julia Child for … Read more
A wildfire in northern California’s Napa Valley wine country that burned down the Chateau Boswell has more than quadrupled in size overnight to 11,000 acres and thousands of residents awoke to mandatory evacuation orders on Monday. The blaze, since named the Glass Fire, ignited on Sunday 3.50am near Calistoga about 60 miles north of San … Read more
How important is the presence of liquid water? It is now widely believed that Mars holds a reasonably large volume of water. However, the surface of the planet is so cold, this water exists only as ice. In order for life to exist on a planet, many scientists believe it is essential for the world … Read more
All is calm on Locarno’s Piazza Grande, until a boy in an AC Milan strip boots a football on to our cafe table. Crash go the cups of espresso macchiato. Mamma mia! ‘Scusate signori!’ pleads the wee culprit. I kick his ball back before we stroll down to the waterfront, passing chic shops under colonnades. … Read more
Britain at its best: Walking with Wordsworth in the Wye and Usk valleys Gliffaes is an ‘ultra-comfy’ country house hotel in the Usk Valley, Wales The artist and cleric Rev William Gilpin once lauded the qualities of the river Wye Llangoed Hall, above Hay-on-Wye, is being ‘driven to yet greater heights’ By Clive Aslet For … Read more