Well, what can we say about May. It’s certainly been a mixed bag of weather, with a series of weather fronts, met office rain warnings, and thunderstorms. These hit the east of...
We get close up and personal with our gardening expert Alison Agnew this month. So, sit back and enjoy as we get to see her Roseland garden from a more intimate point...
Travel Takeaways by Julie WatsonPublished by Beachy Books, 2023 Subtitled “Around the world in forty tales”, the book comprises (yes, you guessed it) forty short accounts of the author’s trips to places...
What a wet and windy April it was! Storm after storm. Let’s hope better weather is on the way. Here’s a summary of what April had to offer from the Kernow Weather...
Our resident gardening expert, Alison Agnew, takes us on a tour of nurseries that are definitely worth a visit. Plant hunting in the wild west I have been plant hunting – not...
A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima RaoPublished by Zaffre 2023 ‘A disgraced police sergeant, a missing woman and a plantation full of secrets’ Set in 1914, during British colonial rule, this debut novel brilliantly...
The weather might have kept the bees in their hives but they are still busy. Expert, Colin Rees, updates us on what bees do in bad weather. Well, after last month I...
Forest bathing is coming to Philleigh Woods You can already take a public footpath down through Philleigh’s ancient woodland to the creek and back, but work is underway to extend the woods...
Agatha Christie by Lucy WorsleyPublished in paperback by Hodder, 2023 The Daily Telegraph described this book as a mix of biography, analysis and literary criticism and it’s exactly that. That it’s well researched is...
The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura PearsonPublished by Boldwood Books, August 2023 Described as a “heartbreaking, beautiful, uplifting story, guaranteed to make you smile but also make you cry” it sounded...