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Fashion is a racing certaintyWe're under starter's orders for the Grand National and here are some hot tips in the fashion stakes that brings the Cheshire set across the Mersey
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Was Miss Marple Born in cheshire?Here is a mystery. If Rudyard Kipling was inspired by Rudyard Lake and Brooklyn Beckham by Brooklyn Bridge, was Miss Marple inspired by Marple Station? Investigator: Ray King READ MORE » 
TattenhallINFORMATION
- Distance: 5 miles
- Time to allow: 3 hrs
- Map: OS Explorer 257 Crewe and Nantwich
- Start and finish: Tattenhall village, Chester Road by the church.
- Refreshments: Cheshire Farms Visitor Centre, Newton Lane.
- Buses: Services to Chester and Whitchurch. Ring Traveline 0870 608 2608
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Cheshire and the Shakespeare CodeRobert Nield has spent six years on the trail of the ‘real’ bard and discovers a Cheshire connection with our greatest playwright Words: Andrew Hobbs READ MORE » 
It's showtime in CheshireIT is with great pleasure that we welcome all our visitors to Nantwich and South Cheshire Show 2007. We cannot predict the weather we will have on the day, we have experienced the floods of 2001 and the heat wave of 2006 in recent years. READ MORE » 
Siddington in CheshireTHE place was Siddington All Saints’ in Cheshire. The occasion was a harvest festival, when the church was packed to the rafters with corn dollies and Christians, all ploughing the fields and scattering at the tops of their voices. READ MORE » 
Novelli's Cheshire 'sun' setISN'T it funny how one single phrase can be interpreted to convey a multitude of ideas? 'The Cheshire Set' conjures up many thoughts and emotions to many Cheshire folk. READ MORE » 
| The BBC Antiques Roadshow on April 3rd Why not bring along your dear old things to be valued?
THE popular BBC-1 Sunday evening programme Antiques Roadshow starts recording for its 31st series when it opens its doors to the public at Chester Cathedral on Thursday April 3rd READ MORE » 
ClarissaIs Clarissa Dickson right? Why the Cholmondeley Arms is the chosen home from home for the Two Fat Ladies star... Andrew Hobbs spills the beans READ MORE » 
20 Reasons to visit ChesterCHESTER is a magnet for tourists and, from amphitheatre to zoo, has plenty to offer visitors in August. Here are the top 20 reasons why you should visit this great city. READ MORE » 
Championing KnutsfordEARLIER this year Len Thomson celebrated his first year in charge of Knutsford website www.virtualknutsford. co.uk with the site’s first video clip of the town’s Royal May Day. It was a far cry from the 1999 launch of Knutsford’s very first website, knutsford.com. READ MORE » 
A talent to a-MuseIT was a proud moment for the pupils, staff and parents of Alderley Edge School for Girls as the ribbon was cut to launch their first school magazine, Muse. And Cheshire Life was delighted to be there to mark the historic moment. Put together by a team from the school’s sixth form and aided by teacher Laura Telford, the magazine is 80-plus pages of quality writing, colourful photographs and fantastic artwork. READ MORE » 
Jodrell Bank Sunset in CheshireOne phrase that has become justifiably famous amongst Cheshire folk is 'The Cheshire Set'. Over time it has fashioned many interpretations; here our top landscape photographer provides his own version of the slogan. Words and pictures Alan Novelli READ MORE » 
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Kirov Ballet
THE Kirov Ballet will perform two full-length ballets, Balanchine's shimmering Jewels and Don Quixote, one of the highlights of the classical canon, as well as a Gala Evening of balletic fireworks. For its UK tour, the company will be led by the exquisite Uliana Lopatkina. She is joined by principal dancers Viktoria Tereshkina, Anton Korsakov, Andrian Fadeyev, Sofia Gumerova, Alina Somova, Igor Kolb, Anton Korsakov and Leonid Sarafanov and the company's ravishing corps de ballet.
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Now that's diversifying
Hill farmer John Bellis of Marple Bridge combines running a 60-acre farm with a career as a watercolour artist
Words: George Dearsley
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Christmas in Chester
Many Christmas traditions and customs can be traced back to the old Roman feast of Saturnalia, which was celebrated for seven days towards the end of December in tribute to the god Saturn.
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Why you should move to Frodsham
THE historic market town of Frodsham has a lot to offer homebuyers, from families to couples to the retired. It has been a filming mecca with scenes from the BBC's Merseybeat, Channel 4's Hollyoaks and ITV's Far From the Madding Crowd shot here and it was also transformed into Sherwood Forest for the Hollywood blockbuster, Robin Hood.
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Red Squirrel in Cheshire
THIS furry little chap and his two siblings have been scampering around their home at Walton Hall and Gardens Children’s Zoo in Higher Walton, near Warrington, after being born earlier this year as part of a breeding programme.
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Ten reason sto live in Chester
Here are ten reasons why Chester is regarded as one of the best places to live for citizens and residents alike
1 Good education From nurseries that get your children off to a good start to Lifelong Learning courses to give adults more opportunities, education in Chester is among the best.
2 Good housing Whether you are looking for a swish luxury apartment or a large family home, the city boasts top quality housing.
3 Good jobs Around 70,000 people work in Chester and it is a regional centre for employment. It is predicted that the city will have 20,000 new job opportunities in the next ten years.
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Meres and Mosses in Cheshire
TO THE naturalist, Cheshire is famed for her natural lakes and ponds. We have a number of large water bodies, which together form the Midlands Meres and Mosses Ramsar site, covering much of the Cheshire plain as well as parts of north Shropshire.
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