The new rules of the Good Life (according to Harry and Meghan)
From the Sussexes chicken coops to making homemade jam, Shane Watson explains the dos and don’ts of ‘authentic’ 2021 living
12 March 2021 • 5:00am
Who knew that it would be The Good Life s Tom and Barbara that the Sussexes would emulate?
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Not sure which moment of the Oprah interview stood out for you but for many, I suspect, it was the cutaway to the Sussexes hanging out with Oprah in their very own chicken coop.
The coop wasn’t much to look at – what chicken coop is? – but it featured a plaque, “Archie’s Chick Inn Established 2021”, and we were told the animals are rescue hens (cute, caring) plus the coop established something very important: that Meghan and Harry are the kind of people who keep chickens. The kind of people who pull on their wellies and get stuck in to raising and rearing and growing. The kind of people who eat their own eggs (the whites at least, maybe not
Portlaoise homeowners forced to use garage toilet over sewage spills
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Homeowners in a modern Laois housing estate regularly have to use the public toilet in a local garage, due to public sewage backing up into their homes.
The Hermitage housing estate on the Borris Road in Portlaoise has a serious sewage problem according to a local councillor.
Rainwater is flowing into the sewers, which are supposed to be sealed pipes. It means that when it rains heavily, human waste is backing up and overflowing in toilets in some of the houses.
Cllr Catherine Fitzgerald has tabled a motion to the March meeting of the Portlaoise Municipal District to resolve the problem, especially in the vicinity of house number 180.
Dominic West has been cast as lothario Dudley Wrangel Clarke in the new BBC One drama SAS: Rogue Heroes, the BBC confirmed on Tuesday.
The actor, 51, is taking on the role of the World War II spy, who was known to be surrounded by women who were referred to as Dudley s Duchesses .
In October last year, Dominic was seen sharing a scooter ride and caught kissing actress Lily James, 31, during a trip to Rome.
New role: Dominic West is set to portray lothario Dudley Clarke in new BBC drama SAS: Rogue Heroes, the BBC confirmed on Tuesday
Referring to the incident, a source told The Sun of Dominic s casting: Viewers would be forgiven for thinking Dominic was getting typecast in roles on the back of what s happening in his private life.
Road repairs to start in Lyster Square Portlaoise
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Road repairs are to be carried out in Lyster Square in Portlaoise this week.
The road works are to fix a section of broken and pot holed road surface in the busy town centre carpark.
The works will be carried out outside of business hours by Laois County Council, but depend on good weather to happen.
The work was requested by Cllr Willie Aird this Wednesday, in a motion to the March meeting of Portlaoise Municipal District. How could Laois County Council allowed the road to get into such a bad state of repair? This is one of the centres of Portlaoise with the most traffic and footfall. Please fill the potholes before somebody else falls down, he said.
She pulled off a stunning financial coup by selling a controlling share in her make-up and skincare empire in a deal valuing it at £1 billion just seven years after she founded the eponymous company.
But the unstoppable Charlotte Tilbury, dubbed the Mariah Carey of Make-Up, has no intention of resting on her laurels.
Rather than allow her creative muse to ebb away during lockdown, the ever enterprising Tilbury is, I can disclose, currently running her empire from the island of Lamu, off the coast of Kenya.
‘She’s renting a house,’ a fellow visitor tells me, adding that Tilbury’s example is being emulated by droves of London’s Notting Hill set.