Jack Malvern

Charles Dickens lives on in his 15 novels and their numerous film adaptations but the Victorian author is due to experience a different kind of revival in a new

So avid was Peter Sellers about sports cars that his fellow Goon Show comic Spike Milligan described them as his “metal underwear” because he changed them so frequently.One of Sellers’s more treasured cars, a 1966 Lotus Elan S3 that he kept for three years, is now available at auction with an estima

Two yachtsmen have planted a flag on a new British “island” that formed off the south coast from freshly deposited shingle.The territory, which is yet to be added to maps, formed in the Solent as a bank about 100m long and 20m wide.Nick Ryley, 74, and Chris Fox, in his 50s, set out at 6am from the R

The hot air balloon that flew over dozens of British landmarks in a series of BBC One clips is to return to the skies after it was rediscovered in storage.The balloon was used for idents — brief images used to remind the viewer what channel they are watching — between 1997 and 2002, at which point a

Not since Pippa Middleton published advice on how to make ice cubes or Nigella Lawson broadcast her tips on buttering toast have the fundamentals of British cuisine been so thoroughly addressed.Heinz, which has been producing baked beans since 1896, has issued a five-point guide for making beans on

It is Britain’s most feared weed, ubiquitous across the country despite £150 million being spent every year to try to remove it. But now a speckled brown sap-su

The story of Lanoe Hawker’s rise to become Britain’s first air ace during the First World War and his death at the hands of the Red Baron has inspired a new fil

Actor says intimacy co-ordinators play an important role in protecting younger actresses

Like all competitors in the London Marathon, Tom Gilbey looked increasingly exhausted as the race wore on.Unlike his fellow runners at the event on Sunday, he had to contend not only with the toll of

The water and sewage industry is failing the consumer while excessively rewarding company executives and shareholders. Regulators need to crack down