Cheer up, it’s november!

Many things can add that extra frisson of fear to horror fiction. Prime among them we might think of the time of day or the weather, the device we know and love as pathetic fallacy. A bleak and stormy

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

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

back in may, after winter and the slow creep of early spring, I took myself along a disused railway line near Lewes, Sussex, to be consumed by the month’s riot. This barely used path was somewhat over

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

Long days, balmy nights (fingers crossed) and reasons to be cheerful ‒ how to make it a joyful July in Yorkshire