Abbey Farm House is a handsome Grade II Listed farmhouse, dating back to the 17th Century with later additions. Abbey Farm House is a handsome Grade II Listed farmhouse, dating back to the 17th Century with later additions.The property has been recently redecorated throughout and boasts a number of fine period features, including exposed ceiling and wall timbers, an Inglenook fireplace in the drawing room and an arched brick fireplace in the sitting room. The large kitchen/breakfast room is Read more [...]

Love is in the air. In the days to come, men and women and boys and girls will be pondering how to say it with roses and cards and candlelit dinners: those three words that contain multitudes. As the old strip cartoon never quite got round to saying, love is... the human condition, which is why a good quantity of the culture we review on this site has to do with it. To help you get into the mood for romancing, we have asked our writers to identify something - anything - in the arts that embodies Read more [...]

Sales of the listed retail firms rose by 17.48 percent to reach SR21.87 billion by the end of 2013 compared to figures of the last year (2012), local media said. Net profits of the 12-listed companies, meanwhile, jumped by 13 percent to hit SR2.96 billion by the end of the year. Market capitalization of the retail firms stood at SR54 billion, or 3 percent of the Saudi stock market, as their capitals reached SR5.6 billion, according to the media report. Jarir Marketing topped the list of retail firms Read more [...]

A Castleford man who has dedicated his life to supporting people with autism has been shortlisted for a prestigious award. Geoff Evans, who has worked with those with the disability for more than 30 years, has been nominated in the lifetime achievement category in the National Autistic Society’s (NAS) Autism Professional Awards.Mr Evans has worked as a social worker as well as giving lectures autism and is nowhead of quality improvement for Options Group, which Read more [...]