Country Life: A story of peaks and troughs

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MARY: When we moved to Wiltshire from Chelsea 30 years ago, the decision made financial sense. For the same price as a basement in the outskirts of London, we could have a full cottage with an acre of garden in a beauty spot. Girls Aloud 'WILL perform Glastonbury in honour of late bandmate Sarah Harding and take to the stage for the... From luxury skincare to must-have make-up collections - get Christmas all wrapped up with dream gifts they'll love Mary believes that her friends and family would be “20 times” more likely to visit her in a London home than they are to trek to Pewsey for a catch up.

Lily Allen steps out without her wedding ring during a stroll in NYC - after herhusband David Harbour broke his silence about split rumours Ron Howard farewells his son, wife and granddaughter in Surfers Paradise as he prepare to start filming new movieBy contrast, I get the same sense of elation from entering Lidl as I do from shopping in a Carrefour hypermarket in France. The ‘Lidl in the Middle’ central aisle, tempting the impulse shopper with electric foot spas, stepladders and waterproof trousers for the whole family, makes me lightheaded.

I once had to be talked down from buying a two-seater kayak made of reinforced PVC and with its own patented inflator pump.Mark Wahlberg's daughter Grace, 13, wants to be an Olympian and he insists she's 'MORE disciplined' than him BRENDAN O'NEILL: Now we've had tax cuts at last, will the Tories rediscover another core belief and properly...

Neil Morrissey reveals his regret over Amanda Holden fling which led to her divorce from TV's Les Dennis: 'Don't f*** a gameshow host's wife' Little is known about Mary and Giles' daughters however it has been revealed that they are both grown and no longer live at home with their parents. How much are the I'm A Celeb stars REALLY being paid? Industry expert hints at campmate's fees and puts his own price on what Farage could earnMy 'mummy makeover' nearly KILLED me! Mother-of-one, 35, left fighting for life after botched surgery in Turkey left her breasts oozing with GREEN pus... before her implants had to be removed It helps you thrive from the inside out!': Meet the women who say this supplement is the secret to feeling fabulous in their 50s and 60s Omid Scobie's book is understood to include of volley of withering criticisms of the Royal Family. Here, Royal Correspondent NATASHA LIVINGSTONE sifts fact from fiction... I'm A Celeb fans GUTTED as they notice one ICONIC star missing from camp: 'What's happened to them?' For me, these exchanges tend to be remarkably unproductive. So I prefer to walk the dog on my own and keep conversations short.