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Studio in the Kiln, Empowering Women's Health: Meet the Teams in Cranleigh here to support you! Women encounter numerous health and fitness challenges at different stages of their lives. At Smithbrook Kilns the Cancer Rehab Collective and Studio in the Kiln Women’s Health Teams are here to ...

by Joy Horn In 1933-4 a Cranleigh family produced fourteen issues of a weekly newspaper, intended to help keep the family together, as individuals were leaving home for work or training or to get married. This was the Cheesman family of number 6 Victoria Road, previously known as ‘Nethania’. ...

by Simone Conti Haddock and Prawn Gratinee - Serves 8 Ingredients:450g haddock fillet, skinned, 25g butter, 1 medium onion, skinned and finely chopped, 30g plain flour, 300ml milk, 30ml white wine, 175g peeled prawns, 75g  Gruyere or mature cheddar cheese, grated, 2 handfuls of chopped ...

Oh the joyful music of male Blackbirds singing!  Throughout the day and especially in early evenings and mornings their delightful music has been hard to miss for anyone with an ear to hear.  Most gardens seem to have a resident Blackbird in the vicinity. ‘Mine’ was tuning up splendidly ...

by Miki Marks // Main Photo: A Spittle bug nymph © Mark Matthews In May, the cuckoo is heard for the first time and on various shrubs, especially lavender some foamy, bubbly substance can be seen.   This is known as ‘cuckoo’s spit, but the only thing the bubbles have in common with a ...

by Penny Lynch Most of us have heard about the microbiome that lives in our gut, but did you know that we also have a microbiome that keeps our skin healthy? In recent years, scientists have discovered that our skin is home to a bustling community of microorganisms, known as the skin ...