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  • 1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Lebby Eyres

  • 1 week 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.

  • 1 week 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.

  • 1 week 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.

  • 1 month 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.