The Cotswolds

Thursday

The Spectator

How many organisations are proscribed in the UK?

Mind your manors US Vice-President J.D. Vance is holidaying in an £8,000-a-week manor house near Charlbury in the Cotswolds. What are the other options available on Airbnb or Booking.com for staying in the area for this week (seven nights)? Sunnyside, Charlbury: a four-bedroom terraced Georgian townhouse  £4,847 The Old Chapel, Stonesfield: converted chapel with one double bed    £2,134 The Lamb Inn in Ascott under Wychwood: double room, breakfast included    £1,413 ‘Stay with Flo’ in Charlbury: double bedroom in stone-faced bungalow    £971 Daisy’s Rest, Shipton under Wychwood: shepherd hut with shower     £745 Breaking up the banned Over 400 people were arrested in London at a rally to support Palestine Action, a newly proscribed

Tuesday

Rachel Johnson

It’s hard work having fun: Wives Like Us, by Plum Sykes, reviewed

Just when you thought the Cotswolds must have peaked as a fictional setting, a new rom-com from the author of Bergdorf Blondes floats like cherry blossom onto a chalk stream. Plum Sykes has chosen a rich (as in minted) target, and she is well-equipped to take aim. As a former contributing editor of American Vogue, she might be considered part of the trans-atlantic glossy posse, but at heart she’s still an Oxford-educated Sykes – with a certain diplomatic heritage. The family seat is the magnificent Sledmere in Yorkshire, which has its own blue-tiled Turkish Room. So Plum is not your common-or-garden mag hag. But she now lives in the ’wolds,