When I fall in love it will be forever! So says the opening line of the famous ballad sung by the late Nat King Cole. What is it that causes a sea change in ...

The hare has been a traditional symbol of fertility and reproduction in some cultures, and its courtship behaviour in the spring inspired the English idiom ...

Sometimes people go about life complaining all the time, exclaiming, ‘blooming tax bills, blooming politicians’ . . . the weather, blooming this and blooming ...

During WWII a ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign was set up by the British Ministry of Agriculture.   Men and women across the country were encouraged to ...

February is often thought as the month of love, culminating on the 14th with the advent of Valentine’s Day. The day is celebrated every year as an opportunity ...

Neil Smith hands  Waitrose  cheque  over to Anne  Warzee, Annie Green and Chris Thomson from Friends of Rowleys.   Waitrose at Godalming, chose ...

When working in a hotel in the South coast I had to provide meals for the guests going to Glyndebourne Concerts, well known for their sumptuous picnics on the ...

Digging   Whatever state your plot or garden is in, at some point you will need to do some digging. Digging will open up compacted soil and aerate ...

The theme this month is “war time recipes”. I was in Italy when WWII was going on, and I remember the meals we had at home when bread was not available and the ...

This year’s Surrey Hills summer family concert will take place on Saturday 1st July at 6pm at Cranleigh Village Hall. The concert features the Surrey Hills ...