Daily Grind Of Still Water

She thinks Ms Blackwell’s other outgoings are standard, although she could get a better deal on her mobile phone.Mr Katz thinks Ms Blackwell is paying a high premium for living in London. The tube pass is nearly £1,000 a year, and her overdraft probably costs a higher rate of interest than her student loan. [...]

We start at six with a paper round and close at 9pm and only have 20 hours of help a week. We made a few mistakes at the beginning which irritated some people but generally we have had wonderful support. The older people particularly depend on us and really enjoy coming into have a [...]

You are then taken up the hill to the guestrooms by driver Guiseppe, who displays an alarming nonchalance towards pedestrians. Back down the hill, the reception area, restaurant, bar, and disco – open only in summer – are in the same whitewashed building, with open terraces and panoramic views.Despite the slightly gratingly loud music [...]

Searching for elephants is a good excuse to explore the beautiful forests, with their majestic yellowwoods – try the walking trails in Diepwalle Forest, about 20km from Knysna.Ostrich racingOudtshoorn, an hour’s drive inland from Wilderness, is worth a visit for the nearby Cango caves, but whether you’ll want to visit one of Oudtshoorn’s ostrich [...]

The hall’s own piano is a “C” model Steinway, one size down from a full concert grand. It’s only a few years old, nothing for a good piano, but its sustaining power is soaked up by the expensive carpet and curtains. It probably needs a lot more playing-in than it has had, and Stanislav [...]

But you may be tempted never to step outside: you can tuck in to complimentary afternoon tea with Mallorcan pastries, served daily in the Cocina Monet (a bright yellow rustic kitchen, apparently recreated in every detail from one of his paintings), having first worked out in the gym and sweated in the sauna. Or [...]

The helicopter lacked a winch, so its pilots hovered 50ft above the river and used their rotor blades to blow the men to the bank. When they were pulled from the water, one was almost unconscious and the other was “severely fatigued”.Mr Wakefield, a Coldstream Guard, said he had been celebrating in a bar [...]

Curried goat
1.5kg/3lb trimmed goat meat, cubed
2 tablespoons hot curry powder1 teaspoon dry thyme1 medium onion, grated1 clove garlic, crushedSalt and pepper1 tablespoon each masala paste, powdered ginger and molasses2 teaspoons powdered cumin, coriander and allspice600ml/1 pint beef or chicken stock3 or 4 hot green chillies, chopped5 or 6 dried bird chillies, crushedMarinate [...]

“And if a writer has an understanding of what performers have to do, then they write lines that people can say.” Munro was still a performer when her TV writing career began, first with work for local telly then, in 1989, on Doctor Who. It was her first script for the BBC; she didn’t [...]

I took another, smaller path off through the grassy meadows, where the Routeburn meandered down a steep valley. Below the flats I crossed the river, which dropped down in a series of waterfalls into a narrow gorge. I stopped by a series of deep, blue pools and sat on a fallen silver trunk. Then [...]