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The Old Post Office in Worth Matravers is still a first class home

The Old Post Office in Worth Matravers is still a first class home

Updated 6:30am Wednesday 1st July 2009

FOR me there’s something romantic about owning a house that used to be something else. Whether it’s a converted mill, an old pub or even a former lighthouse, it adds a certain character to the property – what I like to call the "if these walls could talk" factor.


Praising Arizona

Praising Arizona

Updated 6:30am Wednesday 1st July 2009

ONE is a sprawling desert city with 51 golf courses, 70 resort hotels and a population not much bigger than Bournemouth. The other is the New Age haven two hours’ drive away that’s famous for its stunning red rocks and being voted America’s most beautiful place. But what Scottsdale and Sedona in Arizona have in common is that the stars – indeed plenty of their fellow Americans – want to live there.

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Actress Fay Ripley shows busy parents how to cater for all the family’s needs in one

Actress Fay Ripley shows busy parents how to cater for all the family’s needs in one

Updated 6:30am Wednesday 1st July 2009

Fay Ripley had always taken a rigid approach to planning her daughter Parker’s meals.

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Dates for your diary in July

Updated 10:49am Thursday 18th June 2009

Opera, Wessex tales, music from the Rat Pack, tales of Peter Rabbit and Christchurch motorshow - something for everyone this July.

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