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Daily Mirror
21 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
UK's 'favourite' tiny village where footballers, movie stars and royals choose to live
The tiny village is home to a number of A-list celebrities and royals - and has become a foodie paradise in recent years. Kingham, a charming village nestled in the heart of Chipping Norton within the Cotswold Hills, has been hailed as the nation's 'favourite' by locals. This idyllic corner of the Great British countryside is a magnet for both A-listers and tourists, drawn to its picturesque cottages and lush greenery. According to popular lifestyle blog Muddy Stilettos, "This is a Cotswolds village that ticks all the boxes – pubs, shop, good schools, and that rarest of things – a train station on the line to London. Oh, and the odd resident A-lister". Catering to fewer than 1000 people, the local amenities include a shop and church, but it's the nearby Daylesford Organic farm shop that truly draws the crowds. This iconic establishment, often referred to as the country's poshest farm shop, is said to be a favourite of Princess Eugenie - and Eddie Redmayne has also been spotted shopping. But it's not just royals who are enticed by the delectable offerings at the farm shop. Kingham has transformed into a foodie paradise in recent years, boasting a range of eateries such as Kingham Plough and The Wild Rabbit, both renowned for their tantalising dishes. Blur bassist Alex James calls the town home, having moved to his 200-acre farm in 2003. His produce has received widespread praise, with many of his artisan cheeses now stocked in supermarkets nationwide, reports the Express. The former musician also throws a festival every year called Big Feastival, which "brings together music from the UK's biggest artists, Michelin-starred chefs, award-winning street food and an exciting array of family activities". This August revellers will be able to see Nelly Furtado, The Rizzle Kicks and the Wombats hit the stage. Daylesford is also thought to have sparked former Top Gear and The Grand Tour presenter Jeremy Clarkson's venture into farming, with the Diddly Squat Farm, and even catered for ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson during the Covid-19 lockdown. Neighbours to the village, Victoria and David Beckham, pitched up in December 2016. A reputed £.5.5m transformed the grounds into an enchanted garden complete with a pool, an at-home spa, a luxury treehouse and—of course—a football pitch. Ellie Goulding and ex husband Casper Jopling previously lived in the area, having moved to the lush countryside back in 2021. The pair refurbished a lavish £1.3million manor house and restored its historic barn to its original condition before their recent split. The village is steeped in history, with many homes dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries. These historic dwellings have been lovingly preserved while also incorporating modern comforts, according to The Sun.
Business News Wales
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Business News Wales
Street Food Circus Returns to St Donat's Castle with Fantastic Fȇte
Street Food Circus Returns to St Donat's Castle with Fantastic Fȇte Street Food Circus is set to return to St Donat's Castle for Fantastic Fȇte, its largest event of the summer across the weekend of Saturday 2 August and Sunday 3 August. The event brings together street food, circus performance, family entertainment, a lido by the sea and after dark DJ sets into a 'remixed, 21st century village fȇte'. This year, the entertainment features the Artful Dodgems vintage roller rink, bringing roller skate pros and DJs to the roller disco. They are currently touring the UK's biggest music festivals including Big Feastival and Camp Bestival and arriving in Wales for one weekend at Fantastic Fȇte. Performances on the bill include Street Food Circus favourite, Chris Bullzini on the high wire, the Pembrokeshire Fire Spinners and a Mexican Wrestling Show. Entertainment features The Incredibly Clever Canine Circus, The Big Bubble Disco, and free workshops from Splatch Aeria, Let's Make Art and SFC Circus School. There will also be Axe Throwing and Kiss My Putt Crazy Golf. Next to the Castle, overlooking the beach, the lido pool will be open for people to swim or to relax in the sauna. As night falls, the Fantastic Fȇte switches into dancefloor mode, with an 'after dark' party headlined by DJ Yoda's 80s Mixtape Party Starter, bringing a mix of 80s pop, hip-hop, and synthwave. To go along with the entertainment, Street Food Circus has curated three zones for people to explore. 'Coco Loco Mexico' presents Mexican cuisine from El Cabron, Chantico, Gourmet Warriors, Church Of Churros, and Paletas. A 'Street Food Circus All-stars' zone includes Bone Cartel (recent People's Choice winners at the Welsh Street Food Awards), Smokin Griddle, Bare Bones Pizza, The Melted Cheese Co, Two Lads Kitchen, Fire & Flank, and Drizzle. And 'Feast From The East' offers Taste Of Punjab, Keralan Karavan, and Ceylon And Beyond. Drinks will be available from Tiny Rebel Brewery, Lola's Cocktail Bar, Fresh Lemonades, and Buzz Coffee. Matt the Hat, founder of Street Food Circus, said: 'We're thrilled to be back for a second year at St Donat's – it's a unique site, between the castle and the sea. Fantastic Fȇte is our biggest event of the summer – and represents everything we do, remixing and reinventing the classic village fȇte with our travelling circus of family entertainment, the best street food around and, after dark, one of our favourite DJs bringing the party. He added: 'It's a chance to come and spend a magical day with us and explore the spectacular Glamorgan Heritage Coast. There's lots of great places to stay nearby so it would also be easy to make a whole weekend of it.' First-release tickets are priced at £10 (plus booking fee) for adults, with free entry for children, and are available at Dogs are permitted. Some activities, including the lido pool and sauna, roller disco, and crazy golf, are subject to an additional charge on the day.
North Wales Live
09-07-2025
- Business
- North Wales Live
Aldi is giving away free suncream as we head into third heatwave
Aldi is helping festivalgoers stay sun-safe this summer by giving away Lacura suncream at stores near some of the UK's biggest festivals. Shoppers can pick up free bottles of Aldi 's Lacura Moisturising Sun Lotion SPF 50/30+ at participating stores near Wireless, Reading, Leeds, The Big Feastival and Boardmasters. The initiative, which kicks off this week for Wireless, aims to help the nation stay protected during what is set to be a hot summer according to the Met Office. Stock is limited to one bottle per customer and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Julie Ashfield, Chief Commercial Officer at Aldi UK, said: 'Festival season is a highlight of summer – but long days in the sun can catch people out. We're making it easier for everyone to stay protected while enjoying the music and atmosphere by giving away our award-winning Lacura suncream near some of the UK's most-loved festivals.' Free suncream will be available while stocks last at the following Aldi stores:
Scottish Sun
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
I tested flavoured ciders… fresh-flavoured £2.75 winner tasted just like a can of Lilt and would be great with cheese
Scroll down to find out which cider would be nice as a pudding wine alternative INTO A DE-CIDER I tested flavoured ciders… fresh-flavoured £2.75 winner tasted just like a can of Lilt and would be great with cheese WITH a whopping 324million pints sold last year, cider is now the most popular alcoholic drink after beer. And it's not just classic versions we are enjoying – because premium fruit-flavoured options account for 72 per cent of orders. As pub gardens gear up to supply us with refreshing summer pints, Alex James – Blur bassist, Big Feastival founder and now cider maker – gives his verdict on an array of the flavoured tipples. Rattler Pineapple Cider 500ml, 3.4%, £2.75, Tesco 6 The Rattler Pineapple Cider is full of fresh pineapple flavour Credit: Olivia West IT'S perfectly possible to make cider from just apples and nothing else. Apple skins carry natural yeasts that will cause juice left in a barrel over the winter to ferment and magically transmogrify into cider by spring. This minor miracle has always been more than enough for me, but I can see the appeal of adding exotic flavourings to spice things up a bit. Unsurprisingly, this one tastes a bit like Lilt. It's full of fresh pineapple flavour and would be great, Hawaiian pizza-style, with cheese on toast. Also makes me think I'd love to try an alcoholic drink made purely from fermented pineapple juice. That really would be something. RATING: 5/5 Rekorderlig is launching a new cider cocktail range Alska Strawberry & Lime Cider 500ml, 3.4%, £1.99, Aldi 6 This Swedish cider tastes exactly like a 'red' flavour freeze pop Credit: Olivia West A SWEDISH cider with an eye-catching label bursting with colourful illustrations of fresh strawberries and limes. It's almost like they're tricking you into thinking you're buying a yoghurt of some kind, rather than a bottle of booze with added sugar and flavourings. It must be hard enough growing apples and strawberries in Sweden, let alone limes, but we'll skim over that. It tastes exactly like a 'red' flavour freeze pop. It's too overwhelmingly sugary to pair with a lot of foods or other drinks. But pouring it over ice would dampen the sweetness and make it a decent lunchtime aperitif. On a boiling hot day, upgrading from a crafty Mr Freeze to one of these in the garden wouldn't be a bad idea. RATING: 2/5 Crumpton Oaks Strawberry Fruity Cider 568ml, 4%, £1.50, Tesco 6 This can of cider tastes of strawberry flavour rather than actual strawberries Credit: Olivia West A MIGHTY, pint-sized can of cider. It's very pink and very sweet and it's among the stronger offerings in today's field at four per cent alcohol by volume. It tastes of strawberry flavour rather than actual strawberries, but is by far the cheapest of the bunch. If it's value you're after, you could easily add a shot of strawberry syrup to your favourite cider, but if it's strawberry flavour convenience that you want, then look no further. Syrupy sweet, so might be nice as a pudding wine alternative. Try it with ice cream or apple pie, or maybe even delivered lovingly to the wife while she's halfway through a long soak in a bubble bath. RATING: 3/5 Old Mout Kiwi & Lime Cider 500ml, 4%, £2.38, Asda 6 This cider smells like a bag of Jelly Babies and tastes like an exotic species of Fanta Credit: Olivia West IF the idea was to train your children in how to drink alcohol, this would be the perfect way to get them started. It might be an alcoholic tipple, but it smells like a bag of Jelly Babies and tastes like an exotic species of Fanta. I have to say I rather liked it. I can see it going down really well at a barbecue as it's full of fizz, with enough zest and fruitiness to square up to the traditional burned sausage. That said, I've also got a feeling you could get something very similar for much cheaper by adding a shot of already-open booze, like vodka, to a glass of your favourite fruity fizzy pop. RATING: 4/5 Pulpt Melba (White Peach & Scottish Raspberry) Cider 500ml, 3.4%, £2.65, Tesco 6 This cider would work best served as cold as possible on a swelteringly hot sunny day Credit: Olivia West THIS cider reminds me of the rhubarb-and-custard chews I used to enjoy on my Saturday morning trips to the sweet shop as a child. It looks like a glass of plain old cider but then, when you try it, you get a good biff of raspberry flavour. Any peachiness was harder to detect. As with most of these cheap and cheerful drinks, I think older teens would love it, but whatever your age, it would work best served as cold as possible on a swelteringly hot sunny day. You're basically getting a two-for-one alcohol and sugar hit. It would also ride very nicely alongside a pork pie or a Scotch egg at a picnic. RATING 2/5 Woodgate Blood Orange Cider (4x440ml), 3.4%, £2.99, Lidl 6 This blood-orange tinned tipple actually tastes nothing like cider Credit: Olivia West THERE are so many things I like about cider. Apple orchards are enchanting places – the Biblical Garden of Eden, which was a paradise, was an orchard, after all. Even relatively recently, cider was used as currency to pay farm workers, so whoever made the best cider got the best workers. And it helped lead to a revolution in British glass manufacturing that ultimately shaped the drinking habits of the entire world. This blood-orange tinned tipple actually tastes nothing like cider at all. Instead, it looks, tastes and smells just like a famous orange fizzy drink. But it would make a decent birthday breakfast substitute for a Buck's fizz. Or swig it as an accompaniment to a weekend fast food smash. RATING: 4/5
Perth Now
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Scouting For Girls' Roy Stride doesn't hold a grudge against Noel Gallagher for branding them 'Scouting For Idiots'
Scouting For Girls' Roy Stride doesn't hold a grudge against Noel Gallagher for branding the group 'Scouting For Idiots' and will attend the Oasis Live '25 Tour. The She's So Lovely hitmakers are playing the Britpop group's biggest rival Blur's bassist Alex James' Big Feastival on August 22. Back in 2008, an ever-mouthy Noel gave his opinion of popular artists of the time, including Scouting For Girls, during an interview on BBC Radio 1. Quizzed by Contact Music if he ever retaliated, frontman Roy Stride said: 'I would never retaliate. 'He was like a God. Did it hurt? Not really. I never heard it. My wife heard it live on radio because I think he said it on Radio 1, but she was like, Oh, he basically sounded like he'd been out all night and he came in, and was just reviewing every single band, and he was just saying that about every band. I've never met him since. 'You can see on my vinyl here. And I've got, yeah, I've got everything. I've got Oasis and Blur.' Asked if he was lucky enough to bag a ticket to Oasis' first tour in 16 years - which kicks off on July 4 in Cardiff - he said: 'I have one, but I didn't get it in the original bout. I was like, there for eight hours. I spent my entire day in a bad hotel room trying to get tickets. But I've since managed to get one because I'm currently in LA and so I've got one for the Rose Bowl in California, which is going to be quite a mad thing, because I can't imagine seeing Oasis in California.' Scouting For Girls have a busy summer ahead, and a tour in 2026, while they have a new album on the way. Roy says they are gunning for the 2026 Easter number one with the follow-up to 2023's The Place We Used to Meet. He said: 'The album's not going to come out till next Easter, and we're going for Easter number one, because This Ain't A Long Song was Easter number one. And nobody ever dreamed of having an Easter number one before or since.' Big Feastival takes place on Alex James' Cotswolds farm between 22 – 24 August. Weekend and day tickets are on sale now via
