Sebastian Shakespeare for the Daily Mail's recent articles

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: His forebears fought alongside Edward III at Crecy in 1346 and helped Henry VII vanquish Richard III at Bosworth in 1485. Now the Earl of Shrewsbury (inset), Premier Earl of England, is thundering into battle against litter. His ancestral lance, I can disclose, is unwaveringly aimed at an enemy all too close to home - fly-tippers who routinely despoil the beauty of lanes leading to the Peak District National Park. Charles Shrewbury - family motto Prest d'accomplir, ready to accomplish - has turned detective in pursuit of litter louts as well as collecting rubbish in black bin bags every weekend. 'The final straw,' Lord Shrewsbury, 68, says, was 'seeing used Covid face masks, broken children's toys and much more'. He hints that some of the items he prods into his refuse bag cannot be mentioned in a family newspaper. For the past three years, Lord Shrewsbury, whose family once owned Alton Towers, now a theme park, has been picking up 'a black bin-liner's worth of litter, possibly more', almost every week on the same mile-long stretch of lane. ...read

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: TV adventurer Ben Fogle's wife, Marina, who teaches pregnant women how to prepare for motherhood, is making waves with her latest declaration on how youngsters should be raised. The 43-year-old, who has two children with Fogle - Ludovic, 11, and Iona, ten - is urging parents to shout at their offspring to expose them to the healthy emotion of anger. 'I have a real temper and I will occasionally totally lose it. I will kick something or throw something or break something or scream,' she says. 'I've definitely kicked the stair and made my toe bleed. My children frustrate me hugely, but sometimes you have to lose it with them and anger can be a real force for good.' Pictured: Ben Fogle and his wife Marina, with their son Luda and daughter Iona and family dog Storm at their home in west London. ...read