Ivor Guest: Last News

Ashby Manor has a glorious history: it is mentioned in the Domesday Book, and Robert Catesby, whose family moved there in 1375, gathered co-conspirators including Guy Fawkes in its gatehouse in 1605, to plan the Gunpowder Plot.More recently, Ivor Guest, First Viscount Wimborne, purchased the place in 1903, and commissioned Edwin Lutyens to remodel it into a spectacular Edwardian country house. Today, the 10-bedroom house is owned by Henry Guest - first cousin of the Fourth Viscount Wimborne - and his Australian wife Nova.They rent it out for holidays and it's a superb place for up to 20 friends (or three families) to gather.

John Grant has announced details of his new album ‘The Art Of The Lie’, and has shared the lead single ‘It’s A Bitch’ – watch the video below.Grant’s sixth album will be released on June 14 via Bella Union, and it is available to pre-order/pre-save here.In addition, Grant has also announced a UK and European tour to take place in October and November – read on for the full list of dates. Tickets for the UK shows are available from 10am on March 20 here.‘It’s A Bitch’ is a highly-danceable electro-funk track, about which Grant has said: “It was a blast making this track which is just about having fun with words, synths and dope rhythms and bass lines and also making fun of post-COVID malaise.”“Plus, people get to ponder what a ‘hesher’ is.