Charlotte Ivers

If Robert Jenrick or Kemi Badenoch can return the party to power in five years, it doesn’t seem like it from their muted and sometimes bizarre campaigns

It’s New York v north London in the Primrose Hill bagel war

Traditional and refined, this elegant institution is the perfect place for a city break.

There was no flat-pack in sight when our critic tried the chain’s first standalone UK eatery. Instead she was furnished with insights about modern Britain

Charlotte Ivers tries to keep the peace at a posh railway café causing controversy in Somerset

A Playboy pin-up in her twenties, the actress now spends her time pickling cucumbers and has written a vegan cookbook. This is the real me, she says

In a world that prizes attractiveness, we should be slower to condemn vanity

Many male friends talk about the impossibility of buying a home of the type they grew up in

Charlotte Ivers falls in love with a restaurant outside Nottingham — which works wonders with just five staff. It’s a meal you’ll remember for ever, she says

This former civic hub provides a delightful little trip into Durham’s Victorian past