Rachel Dixon

Removing all UPFs from our diets is a big ask, but some convenience foods are far less harmful than others. Here’s our guide to the best of the ultra-processed bunch

You never get bored on a trip that switches from cycling along country lanes to paddling down rivers – and takes in picnic stops and wine-tasting, too

‘Woke scientists want to shrink your PINT”! So read one of the more hysterical headlines last week about a study that removed pint glasses from

A study suggested last week that adopting a two-thirds serve could improve public health. But is the pint really the problem?

On a farm eight miles from Ludlow, these two beautifully converted and adjoining Victorian redbrick barns sleep nine and four respectively, with room for two more in the new shepherd's hut.

It was lauded in the low-fat era, then demonised during the low-carb craze. Plenty of alternatives exist, but what is the healthiest, tastiest, most affordable way forward?

When I was in northern Italy this month, I spotted the same sunshine-yellow drink wherever I went.

The liqueur has gone from being an occasional digestif, served in shot form, to a ubiquitous spritz popular in bars and restaurants from Adelaide to Athens. What’s behind the overnight rise of a decades-old drink?

My sister and I are lying on slabs like flounders in a fishmonger's. Instead of a bed of ice, though, we're stretched out on heated marble.

In 1900, there were 600 Turkish baths in Britain and Ireland. Today, only a handful survive. We enjoy a revived hammam in Newcastle and take a look at 10 more around the country