Time to spread their wings

EVERYONE seems to have a favourite season, don’t they? My sister, for example, has always loved winter. She says there’s nothing to beat a cold, clear day when the ground is hard and sparkling with fr

...yet no matter how far you travel, some things never change, remembers Caro Giles

I WAS only five when Elaine first came into my life. She was tall and dark skinned, with a perfume that smelled of roses and big necklaces in bright colours that bounced as she laughed. Whenever my da

“ The best picnics aren’t ambitious, they’re thoughtful” ...

August’s nature marker – the swifts’ quiet exit As August unfolds, the familiar cries of swifts begin to fade. By mid-month, they’ve left for Africa – no fuss, just gone. It’s one of those subtle shif

We loved holidays so much we decided we’d never come home