Let’s move to Coventry: ‘It’s the next UK city of culture’

Hopefully the investment, headlines and hullaballoo will help it to shout its many histories from its beautiful rooftops

What’s going for it? Little-known fact: did you know that all newspaper articles about Coventry by law have to mention Lady Godiva, Ghost Town by The Specials and the blitz?

So now we’ve got those out of the way, we can move on. Of course it’s hard to avoid the latter. Coventry was so heavily bombed on 14 November 1940, the shadow still looms large. It is unavoidable in the architecture, almost everywhere you look. The rebuilt centre became a potent symbol of Britain’s postwar renewal, its glorious new cathedral loaded with spiritual meaning linked to reconciliation and forgiveness.

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Live the high life with a chauffeur-driven Bentley at this rental pad

We want one!

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I know what housing insecurity is like. Rising prices are not good news | Suzanne Moore

Entire generations will struggle to be able to afford their own property – the market has failed them

Leaflets pile up on my doormat from estate agents. “For sale” signs are erected outside houses on my street. Tarpaulins covering exposed loft conversions blow in the wind. The signs are clear: people are looking for property in my area. I didn’t need a Daily Mail headline to shout at me: “House prices surging in EVERY region.”

In the UK, the value of life is measured in house prices, for those lucky enough to own one. To see house-price rises (especially those worth more than £900,000) as a cheery fact is to lack awareness. Rising prices are excluding entire generations from the housing market. See that housing ladder you climbed? Well, here’s the snake.

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Shares ownership homes – in pictures

For some, buying a stake is the only way to secure a dream home

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Tenant Deposit Return: when should a landlord return your deposit? Nottingham Estate Agents

It is the elephant in the room in the landlord-tenant relationship. What happens if the landlord refuses to return the deposit at the end of a tenancy, giving reasons that the tenant regards as ridiculous or unreasonable? Many a tenancy has ended in tears because of a lack of clarity about the all-important deposit, which […]

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Why is McDonald's selling burger-scented candles?

A hot new merch line? A cynical marketing ploy? Why not both! One Guardian staffer asked another to explain it ... quickly

Oh my gad McDonald’s is launching a range of candles that combine to smell like a Quarter Pounder – pass the sick bag … why is humanity doing this to ourselves?
Perhaps it’s because they noticed all the attention this independently made, quite probably trademark-skirting ‘Maccas Run’ scented candle scored last year; or this KFC candle from 2016. Get with the game, McDonald’s marketing department! Viral scented candles weren’t pulled out of Gwynny’s birth canal yesterday.

As for why we’re doing this to ourselves – I can’t think of a better passive-aggressive gift for the slob who has everything.

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Laura Ashley to raid archives as home furnishing sales plunge

Retailer plans to revive designs of late founder after narrowly avoiding collapse this week

Laura Ashley is to revive the “timeless” designs of its late founder in the latest attempt to breathe new life into the struggling British heritage brand.

Ashley, who started printing her trademark floral fabrics on her kitchen table, took the high street by storm in the 70s, but the appeal of her frilly world peaked in the 80s, when Princess Diana was among its famous fans.

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