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by Joy Horn Main image - Common House Farm, when Edward Brown occupied it, around 1910-13. The pond is occasionally still called 'Brown's pond'. We have ...

Main picture: Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) The story so far…last month I reported my progress in trying to see 120 bird species in and around ...

Rosemary Bridge, retired schoolteacher I was born in 1941 when my parents were living in Colwyn Bay, in Wales.  My family moved there because my ...

by Nick Thorogood and Caroline Pearl Love is all around us, love is in the air, love is a many splendored thing and all sorts of cliches come to mind as ...

by Penny Lynch If you’re living in a small house or flat then making every bit of space count is essential. When thinking about the layout of your rooms ...

by Miki Marks Harry died in late spring and it was several months before Lynn came out of the daze of grief. She resumed work on her third novel and it was ...

by Sharon Duggan I hope that everyone had a lovely Christmas and New Year break (although “break” is an optimistic word for those of us doing the cooking, ...

by Miki Marks Fortunately, I sleep at the back of my house. At night, it is  blessedly dark, as it should be.  The front of my house is a very ...

by Penny Lynch Non-stick pans offer an ease and convenience that other cookware just can’t top - easy to use and easy to clean with no elbow grease ...