Pretty flamingo

Laura was out to impress – but was she missing the point?

HELLO, little one!” Penny Dauntless greeted a robin-redbreast, who cocked his head as she pushed along her trolley of post on the daily round. “How often is there such a perfect mid-December morning?”

WHERE d’you get them vases from, Lil? Are they new?” Lily’s neighbour Sonia asked. She’d popped over for her Friday morning chat and a cuppa. They were settled in their usual places side by side on th

THE fire in the great hall burned brightly to welcome Lady Dunstone’s guests to the event of the season, the Dunstone Manor Christmas Ball. The Manor was splendid this year. Snow glittered on the tree

IF there was one thing Glenda Williams had always been proud of, it was her organisational skills. At school, the other girls had always come to her for help when sorting out their revision timetables

It looked like a bleak Christmas for all – until Becky had a bright idea