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1 week ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Nadine Dorries
Have you heard of Gorpcore? No, neither had I until the weekend when visitors from the North West told me about the latest ‘fashion’ trend in my old haunts of Prestbury and Alderley Edge in Cheshire. Gorpcore, you’ll be puzzled to learn, matches rugged clothing with suburban settings: expensive hiking boots and brightly coloured, high-tech outerwear for a trip to the shops.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Nadine Dorries
On Sunday morning, as the sun shone and the blackbirds sang, I found myself heading to a drinks party at the home of a great friend who, from now until the nights draw in, will hold regular such Sunday gatherings in his glorious Cotswolds garden. The wrought iron patio table (no fake wicker for him) was heaving with oversized bottles of ice-cold – and very modish – Whispering Angel rose, Copper Lion Gin and a large jug of his famous Bloody Mary.
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3 weeks ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Nadine Dorries
In 1984 I was running a school in Central Africa just as the AIDS pandemic hit. At the time, we had no idea what was happening or why formerly fit and healthy men and women were suddenly starting to fade and die before our eyes, leaving many young orphans. It was in a part of Zambia where there was little to offer in terms of healthcare, infrastructure or social support.
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1 month ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Nadine Dorries
It was painful to watch Rachel Reeves on Laura Kuenssberg’s show on Sunday morning. The Chancellor was a blinking, stuttering mess as she attempted to explain just why she’d accepted freebie tickets in a corporate box to a Sabrina Carpenter concert. Even I was squirming by the end of the interview – on her behalf. Ms Reeves has form, of course.
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1 month ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Nadine Dorries
Parliament is no place for extremes or extremists, as Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn famously found to his cost. And that’s a lesson now being learned by Rupert Lowe MP who, after a mere eight months since his election, has lost the Reform UK party whip. I’ll say at the outset that I have no time for Lowe, who is perhaps the most far-Right MP in the whole of Westminster. The member for Great Yarmouth believes that illegal immigrants should be sent to insect-ridden internment camps.
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1 month ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Nadine Dorries
If you, like me, have been engrossed by the bitter aristocratic feud at Ragley Hall, Warwickshire, you might be scratching your head in bewilderment. Why would Henry, the 9th Marquess of Hertford, and his Brazilian born wife Beatriz – custodians of the beautiful Palladian pile – disinherit their eldest son and heir, William Seymour, then ban him from setting foot on the estate? Is young William, the 31-year-old Earl of Yarmouth, a cross-dressing drunk?
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2 months ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Nadine Dorries
It was one of the first questions I was asked when I moved to the Cotswolds three decades ago: 'Are you happily married – or do you live in Gloucestershire?'The joke contained a surprising truth – as the rest of the country now knows. A new survey has revealed that people in the Cotswolds have more sex than anywhere else in Britain. According to business consultancy Perspectus Global, couples in this part of the countryside have sex around 15 times a month – almost twice as much as Londoners.
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2 months ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Nadine Dorries
What does a millionaire rock star do when he's told that yet another truckload of cash is heading his way? For singer Liam Gallagher, whose money-spinning Oasis reunion tour starts in the summer, the answer is a no-brainer – he plans to buy a house in the Cotswolds, we are told, and has already appointed an upmarket estate agent for the purpose. So far, so predictable. Celebrities are two-a-penny here.
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2 months ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Nadine Dorries
From the moment ten years ago when she was placed into my arms – an adorable little white bundle of fluff – I have loved Darcey as if she were my only child. Now I am steeling myself for her loss, but I simply cannot bear it. Of course, experience has taught me that losing a dog is always painful. And if I'm being brutally honest, I'll admit what many won't: the passing of a beloved pet can sometimes be harder to face and overcome than the death of a relative.
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2 months ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Nadine Dorries
Today I shall be front row at a momentous press conference in London called by Lucy Letby's legal team. What this press conference reveals will, I believe, turbocharge the dismantling of the prosecution's case against the former neonatal nurse, who is serving 15 whole life terms. It will also focus attention very firmly on the claims of the prosecution's chief witness, Dr Dewi Evans, whose reliability I have questioned previously on these pages. Sir David Davis MP is chairing the meeting.
