Lifestyle Archive
(November 2015)

9 November 2015

Mallorca

As I flew in, I could spot a few of the two thousand windmills and then a fair number of the many million olive groves and almond trees. And then I spotted villages and already felt transported in a different sense. For here are where occasional men sit where they needn’t stand and guitar music Read more…

1 November 2015

Ideal home for horses and riders

When Phil and Susan Bennett bought Low Farm at Aisthorpe, near Lincoln 30 years ago, it was completely derelict. The couple, who own heating engineering company C&P Heating and have two daughters Vicky (29) and Camille (28), were living in nearby Hackthorn at the time but decided to make the move to accommodate Susan’s fourteen Read more…

Better than fiction

Steffie Shields recommends Emma, Duchess of Rutland’s new book: ‘Capability’ Brown and Belvoir – Discovering a Lost Landscape. Belvoir Castle vaults house many secrets. One powerfully moving story has, at long last, been revealed by Emma, Duchess of Rutland. A clue is in the name ‘Belvoir’, simply meaning ‘beautiful view’. Forget shooting, forget the castle, Read more…

A triumphant five weeks

Eight auctions in five weeks saw Lincolnshire auctioneers selling more lots for more vendors to more buyers across Lincolnshire and the world, totalling over £400,000. The Grantham Collective Sale on 2nd September saw over 1,000 lots offered and one of the highlight lots was a Vienna porcelain plaque selling to an American bidder for £3,200. Read more…

Rock chic

Get in touch with your free spirit. Think less rock chick, more rock chic. Classic black skinnies can be teamed with separates to flaunt or cover up depending on the occasion. There are faux leather versions as well as those in forgiving, elastic fabrics. Teamed with a pair of killer heels, smoky eye makeup and Read more…

Bomber Command Memorial Spire unveiling

On 2nd October the memorial for the airmen who served in Bomber Command during World War Two was officially opened by Lord Howe, Minister of State for the Ministry of Defence, who cut the ribbon in front of 300 of the remaining Bomber veterans. Located on Canwick Hill in Lincoln – facing the Cathedral – Read more…

Duckworth Land Rover Macmillan Golf Day

Duckworth Land Rover welcomed teams to their annual golf day to help make a difference to the work of their nominated charity Macmillan Cancer Support. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER A COPY OF A PHOTOGRAPH WHICH HAS APPEARED IN OUR SOCIAL LIFE PAGES PLEASE CALL CLARE HARDWICK ON 01522 527127 An unexpected turn in the Read more…