The Veryan Players perform to packed houses in tap shoes and fish nets
High kicking their way to success! You’ve got to be brave to go on stage in tap shoes and fish net tights when you’ve never tap danced before....
Author: Lindsay Brooke
Gardening – December 2023 – Alison Agnew
Deluge and drought How will our green and lovely Cornish gardens cope and how can we adapt to periods of drought? Our resident gardening expert, Alison Agnew, is here to help. It...
BeeMania – December 2023 – Colin Rees
The thrills – and spills – of beekeeping with our expert Colin Rees. So, I’ve been keeping bees for about 26 years and have never had a honey spill. Whenever I have...
Book reviews – December 2023 – Sallie Eden – The Church Mice at Christmas
The Church Mice at Christmas by Graham Oakley Published by Templar books Reissued to mark 40 years since it was first published, this book remains one of my favourite children’s Christmas stories...
Wild Roseland Nature Notes – December 2023
What a wonderful summer it has been for aquatic wildlife Here’s a look back at life in the seas close to our shores with David Hall from Wild Roseland. The sea has...
Book reviews – December 2023 – Sallie Eden – The Drowned
The Drowned by David Arrowsmith and Christina Gustavson Published, October 2023 I’m hooked on the sort of Scandi noir dramas that are so popular these days and, having really enjoyed David Arrowsmith’s debut novel (Corona, reviewed...
Book reviews – November 2023 – Sallie Eden – Murder in the Family
Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter Published by Harper Collins, 2023 A highly original format coupled with a clever plot, this book is more complex than anything I’ve read since I...
Veryan Players step out in tap shoes!
Put on your dancing shoes for Veryan Players autumn production! Fans of the Veryan Players are in for a feast this month as the amateur...
Book reviews – November 2023 – Sallie Eden – A Little Life
A Little Life By Hanya Yanagihara Published by Picador Shortlisted for the Man Booker prize and called ‘brilliant’, ‘magical’, ‘absorbing’ and ‘engrossing’ by various critics, this is the story of four ambitious and, frankly,...
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...