Britain’s noisiest birds: 8 garden chatterboxes you’ll definitely hear

From familiar garden visitors to countryside characters you’ll hear long before you see, here are eight of the noisiest birds in the UK.

The beautiful English village with one of the UK’s best pubs – and vineyards that feel more like France

WHO needs to hop over to France for some wine tasting when the UK is home to some that is better? Kent is often called the ...

I left London five years ago for a life by the sea — I'd never go back for 3 reasons

After months in lockdown with noisy neighbours and paying astronomical rent, I decided to leave London for good. I had lived ...

Ella Duggan

The Independent’s product review section, IndyBest. Ella joined IndyBest in November of 2023 and has since worked on reviews, round-ups, product-related news articles and image production. She has ...

Last orders: The Brown Trout, Lamberhurst –‘I work 16-hour days. It wasn’t enough to pay the rent’

In the second of our series visiting Britain’s ailing pubs, Christopher Howse meets a landlady closing the bar for the final ...