Gardening – November 2023 – Alison Agnew
Our resident gardening expert Alison Agnew has some useful tips on how to cope with the winter deluge. But first – its all about keeping our gardens colourful. November is the...
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Affordable housing plans get a grilling from Veryan residents
The growing dilemma between the pressing need for affordable housing versus the impact on Cornwall’s rural landscape and its communities was highlighted on Wednesday 27 September at an extraordinary parish meeting in...
Gardening – October 2023 – Alison Agnew
Now we are well and truly into the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness take heart from our gardening expert, Alison Agnew, there is still much to enjoy in the garden. But...
Book reviews – October 2023 – Sallie Eden – Pyramid of Lies
Pyramid of Lies by Duncan Mavin Published in paperback by Pan Books , 2023 After saying how fascinating I found ‘Blood Money’, the story of Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos scandal, a friend recommended...
BeeMania – October 2023 – Colin Rees
What’s the difference between blossom honey and Ivy honey? What are the different kinds of honey? And why is honey good for us? As he prepares his bees for winter bee keeper...
Book reviews – October 2023 – Sallie Eden – The Twist of a Knife
The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz Published in paperback by Penguin, 2023 The author writes of his experience of being accused of killing a theatre critic who didn’t like a...
Book reviews – September 2023 – Sallie Eden – I Need That Friend
I Need That Friend by Peter Hargreaves Available on Kindle Scribe Some things don’t change; in my Writers Talking column back in June 2019, I wrote that the character in one...
Writers Talking – September 2023 – Sallie Eden
Writers Talking is back after a bit of a break. In the new series our book reviewer Sallie Eden talks to Peter Graystone, whose book ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’ was reviewed...
Book Reviews – September 2023 – Sallie Eden – A Thoroughly Mischievous Person
A Thoroughly Mischievous Person: The Other Arthur Ransome by Alan Kennedy Published by The Lutterworth Press Who could resist at least glancing at a book with that title. And, for the fans of Swallows and Amazons...
BeeMania – September 2023 – Colin Rees
We might be grumbling about the weather but spare a thought for our honey bees. The bad weather has left many colonies on the brink of starvation. Bee keeper Colin Rees brings...