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On this day: Cirencester Archive

Cirencester Archive

• Christmas Cracker

  Join Cotswold Essence as we do some Christmas shopping and help raise money for a very worthy local cause. read more

• Chiselled features

  If the work of the Filkins Stone Company's masons is good enough for one of England's finest churches, it's good enough for your home, suggests Tom Shepherd. read more

• Dial D for dinner

  It is not easy to spot the Dial House Hotel as you drive through Bourton-on-the-Water. Set back from that all-too-famous, picture-postcard view that graces so many Cotswold tourist brochures, this small but chic hotel has an elegance of its own away from the tea shops and the trinkets. read more

• A new way to chill out!

  Looking for a new way to chill out? Louisa Davison visited the Swan Hotel, where a weekend break was complimented by a spot of pampering at the adjoining Swan Sanctuary. read more

• Holding back the years

  A day rarely passes without some speculation about the latest celebrity transformation and gossip is rife about how they've achieved those perfect youthful looks. If you're yearning for the gain without the pain then if may be time to join the increasing number of people seeking non-surgical rejuvenation treatments. read more

• Renovation, renovation, renovation

  Spiralling house prices means many young couples are now having to apply bit of elbow grease to afford the home of their dreams. James Eaves and partner Sophie were one such couple. read more

• Well heeled

  Esther Barron meets a Cotswold woman for whom a move into shoemaking was a step in the right direction read more

• Chesterton church for cash grant

  PLANS for Chesterton church will receive a much-needed financial boost this week if a council grant is successful. read more

• Holding back the years

  A day rarely passes without some speculation about the latest celebrity transformation and gossip is rife about how they've achieved those perfect youthful looks. read more

• Shedding the image

  Susan Hogan discovers that the wooden hut at the bottom of the garden is shedding its image. read more

• Art of the East

  The LotuVirginia Lloyd flew out to Singapore simply to visit her daughter - but returned with an Oriental business idea that fits perfectly with her Cotswold stone home. Katie Jarvis reports. read more

• Holding back the years

  A day rarely passes without some speculation about the latest celebrity transformation and gossip is rife about how they've achieved those perfect youthful looks. read more

• I can see my house from here

  Jenni Silver takes a trip around the Cotswold Countryside... at 3,000 feet. read more

• Core business

  Sophie Bradshaw visits the apple pressing plant where business is blossoming. read more

• Maurice crying down under

  FAIRFORD town crier Maurice Jones flew off to Australia this week to take part in the World Town Criers Championship. read more

• London, New York, Milan, Paris... Cirencester.

  Esther Barron watches as college students take their first (catwalk) steps into the world of fashion. read more

• Book up to see the stars

  This October, The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival welcomes a major line-up of world-renowned writers, artists, historians, comedians, thinkers, actors and directors to the Festival stage. read more

• Renovation, renovation, renovation

  Spiralling house prices means many young couples are now having to apply bit of elbow grease to afford the home of their dreams. James Eaves and partner Sophie were one such couple. read more

• A house steeped in history

  Chavenage House, near Tetbury has been in the ownership of only two families since 1561. That was the year in which it was bought by Edward Stephens and it was he who had the Elizabethan re-construction of the 14th century buildings carried out - the date of the completion of the work, 1576, can be seen above the front door. read more

• Forging ahead

  Diarist and sketch artist Jacqueline Govier meets a Cotswold personality (in the old sense of the word). This time, she visits Cherington Lane Forge. read more

On this day: Cirencester Archive