I WAS browsing the bookshelf in a charity shop when I glanced up to see my neighbour outside, trying to come in. With his arms fully encumbered with a large bag, the door was proving difficult to open

Giles Catchpole hopes for cool heads in cold climes

NOTHING said “home” like the kitchen of Nant-y-Bri Farm at breakfast time. Delicious frying pan smells hung heavy in the air and the scrape of cutlery on willow pattern plates indicated the family had

CAROL McGIFFIN

Sally was on a mission – and she had her eyes on the prize

Marian Boswall on how the old tradition of wassailing might actually benefit orchards