A bargain price for a luxury stay - just £39.95* pppn including dinner
05/10/2008
What’s your idea of a perfect weekend away? If two or three days being pampered in luxurious surroundings, with a bottle of champagne to greet you on your arrival, appeals to you, then read on.
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Follow in the wake of "Two Women and A Boat"
Last July two intrepid women, Michelle Cornell and Hannah Shapiro, set off to 'test drive' France's waterways in a canal boat for Mature Times readers. They wanted to find out whether it was physically possible for older people to cope with the so-called 'easy-to manage locks' - which, unlike the UK, are either electronic or attended by a keeper.
Michelle told us what happened ...
Enjoy a free luxury night away complete with champagne...
Mature Times has negotiated a special deal for its online readers: book a two-night Champagne Summer Break at any of the Hatton Collection hotels or inns this summer and enjoy a third night bed and breakfast - absolutely free.
MT Bookshop Offers for January
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To help while away those dark winter nights ahead, why not curl up in front of the fire with a good book? Below are just a few suggestions to whet yor appetite, with many more available on the MT Bookshop website.
This month's book offers and Book of the Month
Mature Times are delighted to announce their new Mail Order Bookshop. We have teamed up with a company based in Cornwall called Elite Fulfilment to offer an ‘any book in print service’ to all Mature Times Readers with free postage to the UK.
£5 off Taxcalc - your personal tax product
In response to the HMRC’s substantial and important changes to the self-assessment system , TaxCalc.com, the UK’s leading provider of tax software solutions has launched the TaxCalc 2008 range of Personal Tax Products .
Low cost audiobooks launched
A range of low-cost audiobooks has been launched, bringing classic books within the price range of more people.
Enjoy 20% off tickets for 'The Merry Widow' at English National Opera
Lehár’s touching tale of the recently widowed, extremely rich and very glamorous Hanna Glawari is one of the world’s best-loved operettas. Director John Copley’s major new production for ENO promises to revive all the laughter, glamour and romance of the classic Hollywood films inspired by the story, with a glittering cast and sumptuous sets and costumes.
Help keep your marriage on track with the 'Relationship Rescuers' - for free !
More people will start divorce proceedings this week than on any other time of the year. Christmas is being blamed for putting the nail in the coffin of many marriages and Relationship experts and divorce lawyers say this is their busiest time of year. In order to reverse this trend, renowned Relationship Couple and Authors Tony and Nicki Vee who are launching a new initiative called “Help Save a Million Relationships”.
Christmas gift for the busy foodie
Short of time this Christmas? - why not take a look at Mo Smith's "Lazy Cook's Christmas" for ideas to make the season stress free.
Behind the scenes of Great British gardens – on DVD
Visiting Britain’s spectacular gardens is one of the greatest pleasures you can enjoy. But imagine what it would be like to make that visit in the company of the people who maintain those gardens.
Well now you can: Mature Times readers can take advantage of a special offer on four riveting DVDs that take you behind the scenes.
Hospice workers - the living angels in our midst
Often quiet, assuming, but utterly professional, hospice workers are our midwives from this life into whatever lies beyond. Now at last, someone has written a book encapsulating the work of hospices - as seen through the eyes of the people who work in them. Written by Ann Richardson, an Independent writer and researcher, 'Life In A Hospice' provides vivid, real-life accounts of hospice life .
Messing about on the… canal
Peer closely at a map and you’ll see an intriguing lacework of blue lines across many parts of the UK. Each one of those blue lines is a canal – many of them dating back to the dawn of the industrial revolution. Today, restored to their former glory, they represent an opportunity to enjoy one of the most marvellous of holidays… aboard a narrow boat. John Stevenson discovers the delights of a life afloat.
Discounted tickets to Alan Plater's "Blonde Bombshells of 1943"
The Blonde Bombshells, the most glamorous all-girl swing band in the North, loses members every time it plays a GI camp. Now there’s an important BBC job in the offing and Betty needs to find new musicians – fast.
Alan Plater’s award winning show Blonde Bombshells of 1943 is a warm, witty musical play filled with glorious, live swing band performances. It begins a major UK tour on 30th January and MT readers can enjoy discounted prices for the show.
London shows from just a tenner
There are some fantastic treats in store this New Year as the annual Get Into London Theatre promotion takes centre stage. From 10 January to 17 March 2007, Get Into London Theatre offers you the chance to buy theatre tickets to over 60 London shows starting from as little as £10.
