Have you discovered a family of bats living in a house you want to buy? Estate agent Hennings Moir talks us through the implications of living with these uninvited guests Bats are an endangered species and are protected by law, which means it is a criminal offence to try to kill or remove bats or […]
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‘I’m a low-tax guy’ says chancellor as he reveals he is considering policy changes
The chancellor has refused to rule out reversing stamp duty so it is paid by the seller, rather than the buyer.
In an interview with the Times, Sajid Javid indicated he was willing to consider the policy, which was said to have been favoured by Boris Johnson during the Tory leadership campaign, among others.
Continue reading...The town is straight off a box of fudge, all honeyed stone and pansies waving from prize-winning baskets
What’s going for it? Helmsley’s so sweet I can feel the cavities forming in my teeth from 10 miles away. The town is straight off a box of fudge, all honeyed stone and pansies waving from prize-winning hanging baskets. Utterly delicious, with its Norman castle, Palladian pile, secret garden and streets of rigorously renovated and scrupulously scrubbed 18th-century cottages. Just not very good for the waistline. Imagine living here: you’d need a will of iron, blinkers or a StairMaster tethered to your shins to cope with the tea shops and bakers, delis and grocers, selling sucrose in various forms: pickles, preserves, jams, chutneys, chocs, fudge, treacle, Yorkshire curd tarts, mint choc chips... To survive, work it all off in the open air pool – don’t worry, it’s heated. Or look beneath the packaging and see the earthier market town it was, and sometimes still is. Market day, Friday mornings, perhaps, when the tarpaulined stalls are hugger-mugger. Or on a Sunday afternoon in summer, when the leavening presence of leathered bikers congregate with coach parties in Market Place, pausing for a pint en route to Scarborough. Some of the best charity shops in the north, according to resident Simon Read – a virtue of an ageing population.
The case against Too sweet, too Tory, too touristy for some.
Continue reading...The town is straight off a box of fudge, all honeyed stone and pansies waving from prize-winning baskets
What’s going for it? Helmsley’s so sweet I can feel the cavities forming in my teeth from 10 miles away. The town is straight off a box of fudge, all honeyed stone and pansies waving from prize-winning hanging baskets. Utterly delicious, with its Norman castle, Palladian pile, secret garden and streets of rigorously renovated and scrupulously scrubbed 18th-century cottages. Just not very good for the waistline. Imagine living here: you’d need a will of iron, blinkers or a StairMaster tethered to your shins to cope with the tea shops and bakers, delis and grocers, selling sucrose in various forms: pickles, preserves, jams, chutneys, chocs, fudge, treacle, Yorkshire curd tarts, mint choc chips... To survive, work it all off in the open air pool – don’t worry, it’s heated. Or look beneath the packaging and see the earthier market town it was, and sometimes still is. Market day, Friday mornings, perhaps, when the tarpaulined stalls are hugger-mugger. Or on a Sunday afternoon in summer, when the leavening presence of leathered bikers congregate with coach parties in Market Place, pausing for a pint en route to Scarborough. Some of the best charity shops in the north, according to resident Simon Read – a virtue of an ageing population.
The case against Too sweet, too Tory, too touristy for some.
Continue reading...How can I stop coriander and parsley from wilting and turning to mush?
• Do you have a culinary dilemma? Email feast@theguardian.com
Please explain how to keep coriander and parsley fresh. I buy them in pristine condition and they start to wilt in a day or two in the fridge. I’ve tried putting them in a glass of water, but that creates a sludge at the base of the stalks. Not attractive.
Adil, London
The road to lovely leaves starts with what you’re buying, Adil; it all hinges on how long ago that coriander or parsley was cut before it took up residence in your kitchen. If you’re buying them from a supermarket, you just aren’t going to know.
Continue reading...How can I stop coriander and parsley from wilting and turning to mush?
• Do you have a culinary dilemma? Email feast@theguardian.com
Please explain how to keep coriander and parsley fresh. I buy them in pristine condition and they start to wilt in a day or two in the fridge. I’ve tried putting them in a glass of water, but that creates a sludge at the base of the stalks. Not attractive.
Adil, London
The road to lovely leaves starts with what you’re buying, Adil; it all hinges on how long ago that coriander or parsley was cut before it took up residence in your kitchen. If you’re buying them from a supermarket, you just aren’t going to know.
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