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Book reviews – December 2024 – Sallie Eden – My Search for Warren Harding

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...

Kernow Weather Team – November weather summary

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...

Photographs from around the Roseland

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

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...

Gardening December 2024 – Alison Agnew

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...

Book reviews – November 2024 – Sallie Eden – Dance of Death

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...

Gardening – November 2024 – Alison Agnew

This month our resident gardening expert, Alison Agnew, has some ideas on how the blues can bring a bit of cheer to our gardens at this time of year. But first, standby...

November is a busy month for the arts in Veryan

There’s a musical feast heading your way in Veryan this month and, as if that’s not enough, the Veryan Players are in full rehearsals for their Autumn production Haywire by Eric Chappell....

Kernow Weather Team – October weather summary

Thanks to the Kernow Weather Team here in Cornwall we have a dedicated group of weather watchers with all the kit to keep us right up to date with regular weather reports....

Book reviews – November 2024 – Sallie Eden – Jonty Gentoo

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...