Woody’s worries

Rugged coasts, punchy climbs and four Tour champions with 11 titles between them – Brittany is French cycling’s heartland. Kevin Raymond sets out to discover why...

They all started out on different paths – from sales offices to science labs – but each of these professional bakers found purpose and joy in baking. Here, they tell Jill Foster why it has become a passion that continues to nourish their souls

Beloved by schoolchildren for decades, the once-popular playground game of conkers has seemingly fallen from favour recently. This has been blamed on health-and-safety rules, but this is largely a myt

That’s an interesting looking game, we thought. Those pillows look a bit like bean bags, like they might need to be chucked at someone. Well, this is a book you absolutely can judge by its cover. One

Corn-dolly crafter Colette Hughes describes the bleak situations our ancestors faced. “Imagine,” she says. “It’s winter and your family is hungry and cold. It gets dark early, fresh food is in short s

Born in 1959 in south-west France, Serge Charles Jean Laget was one of the first French board game designers to make a real impact on the modern hobby. His 1984 bluffing and negotiation game Le Gang d