this is Cotswolds life, not country life

It’s been a brutally brutal spring on Britain’s farms, but morale has been boosted by the screening of series three of Amazon Prime’s hit series Clarkson’s Farm. Squire Clarkson can be trusted to tell farm life as it is, with a raw honesty lacking on other channels. His sonorous, pissed-off voiceover comments on the effects … Read more

The famous organic farmers who pursue the good life

Your own organic farm seems like the latest celebrity must-have, but could it soon become the domain of the rich and famous? Bake star Prue Leith, who has a small organic farm at her home in the Cotswolds, has lashed out at the ‘bureaucracy’ involved in sustainable farming. “The Cotswolds probably have a greater density … Read more

It’s time to stop shaming men for ‘dad clothes’

Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson and James May – the epitome of ‘dad dressing’ – Dave J Hogan/Getty Images Europe Fathers are constantly the butt of the joke. From eye-rolling TV ads (thankfully about death) about the unhappy old “I’m indoors” and his inability to perform basic household chores, to Father’s Day cards splashed with beer … Read more