September in North East Italy (the hilly area of my origin) is the time when most fruit is plentiful. Grapes, white peaches from the hills, figs, apples, ...

Rachel catches the same train into London every morning, and every day it stops at the same signal overlooking a row of back gardens. If she manages to sit ...

“Most days I go to the Cranleigh Leisure Centre for a swim and it’s amazing the number of people you meet there from all walks of life. Rhoda Kirk is one of ...

Nothing smells more like summer than a freshly mown hayfield. Even in winter, when the hay bales gathered under summer sunshine are broken into, the scent is ...

Sir Dirk Bogarde was born Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde of a Scots mother and a Flemish father who was the art editor of The Times. The ...

A group of Cranleigh women – we don’t know their names – returned to the village on August 5th 1916 after a wartime adventure of their own. They had been doing ...

These recipes do not make up a three course meal and can be eaten separately. These recipes have been produced with the theme “grains” for the month of ...

September is generally a cooler, gustier month than August and the days are noticeably shorter. While there’s not as much to do in the garden at this time of ...

The annual  report of the Village Hospital came out at the end of September. During the previous year, 98 patients had been treated and 45 operations ...

Prep: 20 mins Difficulty: More Effort Cook: 30 mins Serves: 6 Ingredients 70ml maple syrup, plus extra to serve 125ml red wine 250g blueberries 2 eggs, ...