Book Reviews – June 2023 – Sallie Eden – A Tidy Ending
A Tidy Ending by Joanna Cannon Published by The Borough Press, 2022 Sometimes life doesn’t turn out the way you hope, but Linda always tries to make the best of things. She...
Author: Lindsay Brooke
BeeMania – June 2023 – Colin Rees
Bees on the move The recent hot weather has kept Bee expert Colin Rees busy taking your calls about swarming bees and this is just the start of the swarming season....
Gardening – June 2023 – Alison Agnew
Roses for the Roseland This month our gardening expert Annie Agnew has some tips on on growing roses on the Roseland, the ‘chelsea chop’ and snail hunting at dawn. I know the...
Pastures New For Veryan Church?
Veryan church building is the biggest on the Roseland. Nevertheless, it has a small congregation. But the size of the building makes it more adaptable, and the Parochial Parish Council (PCC) believes...
Book Reviews – June 2023 – Sallie Eden – A House in the High Hills
A House in the High Hills by Selina Scott Published by Ebury Press, 2010 Subtitled (on some editions) ‘Dreams and disasters of life in a Spanish farmhouse’, I feared yet another story in...
Book Reviews – May 2023 – Sallie Eden – Lessons in Chemistry
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Published by Penguin, 2022 I’ll start with a word I don’t use often: quirky. Elizabeth Zott is quirky – a scientist turned cooking show host. Calvin...
Gardening – May 2023 – Alison Agnew
Oh frabjous May! Callooh Callay! – to misquote Lewis Carrol. May is such a glorious month for gardeners. All our failures and errors are wiped clean by the perfect new growth and...
BeeMania – May 2023 – Colin Rees
Spare a thought for the bees If you’re fed up with this April weather, just think how fed up the bees are! March was cold, wet and windy – in fact, March...
Book Reviews – May 2023 – Sallie Eden – Hunting Season
Hunting Season by Andrea Camilleri Published by Picador in 2015 Best known for his Inspector Montalbano books, this is something quite different. It’s older than is usual for a book to review but,...
Roseland Swimmers – all welcome
Looking to join an open water swimming group? On Saturday 3rd April 2021 there were four of us who organised to meet and swim at Porthcurnick – and the Roseland Sea Swimmers...