Gardener’s diary

The September sun was still warm when I reached the familiar stretch of beach. I glanced up at a messy display of cotton-wool clouds in the sky. They were bobbing randomly overhead and I almost felt I

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When people talk about soulmates, most mean their partners. Not me. My sister, Sarah, was my soulmate. Although we had three half-sisters, Paula, Sharon and Debbie, from my parents’ previous relations

Liz had a theory about what was behind the rumours of witches and buried treasure

This precious metal is said to help reduce skin ageing thanks to its antioxidant properties. When used in cosmetics, gold is usually in colloidal form (a gold solution in water) or used as fine partic

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