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1 week ago | 
saga.co.uk | Lebby Eyres
Visitors and residents of Basel are going to enjoy one ‘massive party’ when the Eurovision circus rolls into town from 10 to 17 May. The city won the bid to host the event after Switzerland’s act Nemo was victorious last year – triggering a contest between destinations in the country. Basel played up its location – positioned close to the German and French borders, it’s a truly cosmopolitan destination – and its desire to create a city-wide party.
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1 month ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Lebby Eyres
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1 month ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Lebby Eyres
As I slumped over the oars at the end of the 1994 Women’s Boat Race, desperate in defeat, I would not have believed I’d ever race against Cambridge again. Still less that it would be on the Tideway in London – and we’d be leading them in the tally of victories by 2.5 to 1.5.AdvertisementYet Saturday marked my fourth appearance for Oxford in the Women’s Veterans’ Boat Race. We race, like the Men’s Veterans, from Putney to Furnivall Steps, just past Hammersmith Bridge, a distance of just under 3k.
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1 month ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Victoria Moore |Virginia Miller |Lebby Eyres |Xanthe Clay
As a result, it seems, ice cream sales are soaring: Waitrose says sales of its No 1 Madagascan Vanilla Ice Cream are up 104 per cent compared to this time last year while sales of its No 1 Santo Domingo Chocolate Ice Cream are up 89 per cent (if you rate Haagen-Dazs chocolate, I recommend trying this). Will Torrent, Senior Innovation Chef at Waitrose says he is also on board with the ice cream and wine trend.
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1 month ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Lebby Eyres |Xanthe Clay |Victoria Moore
Salty delightWhat keeps the British away is that it often rains during July and August (although with encroaching climate change, less than it used to). But without that rain, you would not have the lush pastures which cover the high Jurassian plateaus, lovingly showcased in the film. And without that grass to feed the cows, you would not have the nutty, salty delight that is comté cheese.
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2 months ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Lebby Eyres
Our writer returns to the Swiss resort of Chateau d'Oex to find a destination transformed Imagine the scene: it's 1987, and a group of private school girls are off on a school ski trip. On the plane are some Wrexham comprehensive school boys. Casuals, in fact: their hair is longer than ours and their fringes flickier than Princess Diana's. But it turns out (to our horror) we're all on the way to the same ski resort - Chateau d'Oex in the Pays D'Enhaut in Switzerland.
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2 months ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Lebby Eyres
Murder scenes sealed off with blue and white police tape; men and women loitering in doorways to smoke crack; running fights between gangs in the street: this is the reality of life in Islington, where I have been a resident for 25 years. And while our MP, Jeremy Corbyn, looks the other way, he is presiding over a borough slipping ever more quickly into chaos.
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2 months ago | 
thesun.co.uk | Lebby Eyres
IT IS one of the most prestigious schools in the world - and one that is rumoured to be welcoming Prince George next September. Marlborough College, the £59,000-a-year co-educational boarding school in Wiltshire, is reportedly Kate Middleton’s top choice - and as a former pupil I understand why. The glossy prospectus shows Hogwarts-esque buildings, rolling green playing fields and incredibly well-groomed children quietly playing chess. But in my reality, life there was a far more wild affair.
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2 months ago | 
thesun.co.uk | Lebby Eyres
NEXT time you moan about giving your home a quick polish or scrub, spare a thought for specialist cleaner Michelle Coulson, who's called in to deal with the grim, grisly jobs no one else can handle. Every day is different for the cleaning whizz, and the 46-year-old Rentokil specialist has quite literally seen - and cleaned - everything from 'dirty protest' prisons, hoarder homes to tragic death scenes.
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
dailymail.co.uk | Lebby Eyres
We staggered back into the French B&B after a particularly boozy session of champagne tasting with some very friendly winemakers in Les Ricey-Bas in Aube. Our teens, whom we'd left watching a video, looked up. 'How much did you spend then?' they asked as we loaded crate after crate into the boot of the car. 'Oh, around £900 all told,' I said. My son looked furious. 'You could have bought me a PlayStation 5 for that!' he groaned at me. To be fair, he had a point.
