How to get your kids to engage with local culture on holiday
When abroad, I devour the guidebook. I attempt the language, read famous books and watch classic films set where we're going. I eat the food, insist we see the sights,…
William Hill rejects £3.6bn takeover bid from Rank and 888
Simon French, an analyst at Cenkos Securities, last month said that “any successful offer for William Hill would have to be pitched at well over 400p-per-share”. It emerged a fortnight…
Kayaking the Aleutians: How two British women conquered 'impossible' 1,200-mile route
Remote, barren, prone to almost constant fog and rainfall, and notable for sea conditions so treacherous that it starred in the reality TV series Deadliest Catch, the Aleutian Islands wouldn’t…
A look at the life of Fidel Castro: Telegraph Time Tunnel
From the birth of Prince George to England’s historic football world cup win, this video series looks back at some of the major events of the past century and how…
Art de Séjour
There are four rooms, one on each floor, and one studio occupying the huge space under the roof. The bedrooms have a sleek and stylish, almost minimalist look, decorated in…
Telegraph Fantasy Football 16/17 tips: Picking out the bargains
If you want the likes of Sergio Aguero, Alexis Sanchez and Toby Alderweireld in your XI, you have to make sacrifices across the rest of the pitch. Operating within the…
Learning polo at Coworth Park — the pukka five-star Ascot retreat where a chukka is part of the service
There is a tendency to categorise polo as a peculiar preoccupation of the British aristocracy — a class that, in the final throes of death, finds solace luxuriating in such…