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Hugely popular actor hailed for playing Margo in the BBC’s popular comedy series The Good Life and her many distinguished stage roles

A familiar face on TV and the stage, Keith was made a dame in 2014 for her services to the arts and charities

The hidden history of the bob — and the moment television tried to change mine

Biscoff-based recipes are breaking the internet – everything from cheesecakes and milkshakes to prawn dishes and salads. A few traditionalis

Since 1892, a workshop in Brussels has taught aspiring painters the technique of trompe d’oeil. It’s brutal work, the artists say – so why d

On the anniversary of his death aged 69, stars from Sigourney Weaver to Sharleen Spiteri, Tom Felton to Harriet Walter, remember the wit, ch

Wonder Books were among the most ubiquitous children’s books published for baby boomers during the 50s and 60s. Buried amid the Wonder Books

The story of coffee goes back to the 13th century, when it came out of Ethiopia, then spread to Egypt and Yemen. It reached the Middle East,

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

The ‘religious atheist’ author held a reputation as CS Lewis’s opposite. But his two trilogies – which came to a close this year – were a ce

The questing Czech-born playwright gave us plays that looked at an implausible arcadia, an impossible utopia and affecting notions of home

The Book of Dust trilogy is brought to a complex and fitting end as Lyra battles the Magisterium over her lost imagination