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When I was a child, we had a tortoise called Winnie who had belonged to my father when he was a boy in the 1950s. He called his pet Winston after Churchill, but this name had to be changed when he dis

Dear Simon, I have only just got around to reading your June issue with its piece by Cardinal Cox about the relatively modern origins of some supposedly old customs. He refers to Lady Raglan and the G

Fabulous selection of Knitting and Crochet patterns every week in “The People’s Friend”! I love the recent Fair Isle slipcover made in Alpaca Wool. I wish I knew someone who could knit it for me. Such

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