What’s better on a dreary winter’s day than looking forward to summer in the garden. Pictures from Alison Agnew’s ‘open gardens’ banishes those winter blues as she takes a good look at...
So, December certainly brought us a string of unsettled weather. It started off rather mild but it wasn’t long before another cold snap arrived. The winds turned northerly bringing with it a...
Paddington in Peru (The Jungle Quest)Published by Harper Collins, October 2024 Published to tie in with the release of the latest Paddington film, described as ‘a little bear goes a long way’, this beautifully...
My Search for Warren Harding by Robert PlunketFirst published in 1983 and due for reissue in February 2025 as a Penguin Modern Classic Described as “a breakneck comic tour-de-force” set in Hollywood in...
Well, what a month for weather. What started calm and gloomy ended wet and windy and in the middle we even got some hail and snow. With November’s weather report here’s our...
A couple of things caught my eye on my regular walks across Carne and Pendower Beaches this month. Both made me reach for my camera phone. It made me wonder if any...
News from Philleigh Folk November was all about the ladies, Figurehead and the True Foxes, both tremendous. We follow them with Steve Turner a marvellous singer and multi-instrumentalist. He will be with us at...
When it comes to gardening we’ve all had our success and failures. What’s good to know is that even the experts have theirs. Here’s Alison Agnew with hers. Follies and Failures I’ve...
Dance of Death (these days) by Mark Juhan and illustrated by Gabriella BaileyPublished by Austin Macaulay, October 2024 It seems to me there are fewer and fewer books of poetry published. Perhaps...
Jonty Gentoo by Julia Donaldson & Axel SchefflerPublished by Alison Green Books, September 2024 Aimed at readers aged 4-6, but as a lover of Zog and Room on the Broom, despite being well over...