“wit alone doesn’t win you prizes”

IT’S the night of a Stuart-style banquet in the Lush Places community pub. We mustn’t be late, because Mr Grigg and I are the ones who persuaded Mr and Mrs Springbok and the rest of the pub committee

Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

Having sewing be part of my job was not something I ever thought would happen. I’m a writer, and that isn’t something you would connect with making clothes, but what I write about is cosplay, costume

When I was aged 10, the farmers used to come round the schools to pick volunteers to work on the farms during the summer holidays, mainly to help bring in the harvest. The country was still building u

A Welsh mares steal the show, a young rider impresses in the supreme, and a working hunter champion “gets a grip”

As he coaxes a galumphing porcine up to her summer abode on a bright July morning, John Lewis-Stempel considers whether it was an uphill struggle or simply a pig of a day