News about Anna Pavlova

Summer desserts are a breeze. All you need is a tub of ice cream and some fresh fruit and everyone is happy. There are occasions, though, that warrant something a bit more special and then I think it has to be pavlova. It's hands down the best way to end a summer meal.

Darlington, a town in the northeast of England, is where steam locomotives puttered along public railways for the first time in 1825, reveals Tom Chesshyre. He says that the town is an obvious base for train buffs - but there's plenty of non-railway charm to investigate...

Work has started at grade 1-listed Wentworth Woodhouse, the dilapidated stately pile with as many rooms as there are days in the year - a mansion which makes Buckingham Palace look like a tiddler. Ensuite rooms in the 'Bedlam' wing will offer a luxury night's sleep, a sumptuous breakfast fry-up and a chance to revel in one of the finest houses in Britain, which, after many uncertain years and a fair number of scandals, is now the object of a £200 million restoration programme planned over several decades.

The Australians have gone through a whistle at an Auckland airport after a simple sign. The cheeky advert mocked Australians for claiming a much-loved festive dish as their own. Australians retaliated with the urnment of an age-old debate between the two neighbouring nations.