The Skelton House

It’s the new garden village housing bloom

Kevin Skelton July 17, 2016 No Comments

This week the housing minister, Gavin Barwell, announced that more than 48,000 homes are to be built in 14 new garden villages and three garden towns.... Read More

A house with designer style

Kevin Skelton June 27, 2016 No Comments

This mansion is one of Edwin Lutyens' most renowned private homes. (more…)... Read More

Same house, different rooms

Kevin Skelton June 14, 2016 No Comments

Eva McConkey's family has lived in the same house for generations, but the constantly changing decor keeps it up to the minute. By Barbara Egan. (more... Read More

Live longer in ‘healthy towns’ built with NHS planning

Kevin Skelton June 1, 2016 No Comments

NHS will design new housing to fight obesity and improve elderly care. (more…)... Read More

How to stay slim: avoid coffee shops, TV and all fad diets

Kevin Skelton May 20, 2016 No Comments

An NHS watchdog has declared that fad diets such as the Atkins are useless for staying slim and blamed “coffee culture” and smartphones for underm... Read More

Junk medicine: cannabis

Kevin Skelton May 9, 2016 No Comments

Fashionable opinion has long held that cannabis is a soft drug with few risks to health. Its use has become so commonplace that even those who have no... Read More

Children’s mental healthcare delays ‘a scandal’

Kevin Skelton April 27, 2016 No Comments

More than 300 vulnerable young people in Scotland have been forced to wait more than a year for mental health treatment, according to new figures. (mo... Read More

Cheating and the happy marriage: a new understanding of adultery

Kevin Skelton April 14, 2016 No Comments

If someone has an affair, we assume that there's something dramatically wrong with their relationship. However, there's a new way of thinking about in... Read More

Families face higher tax bills for insurance and workplace benefits

Kevin Skelton March 30, 2016 No Comments

Working families will be hit with a double whammy of a huge "stealth tax" on insurance and a tax crackdown on employee benefits as the government raid... Read More

February: the family ski trip

Kevin Skelton March 17, 2016 No Comments

The half-term holiday is a wintry rite of passage. (more…)... Read More