The magic roundabout

I must extend my huge thanks to Jon Winder for his excellent article Swings and Roundabouts (July). I am currently scribbling notes which I hope to turn into a memoir of my childhood, and one chapter

Material from the BBC’s ‘golden age’ tends to be recalled through a heavily rose-tinted lens. Apart from Fawlty Towers, certain Monty Python skits and a few documentaries, I’m not sure it was all that

One-track mind: Thomas the Tank Engine and Percy ...

RINGWOOD MARKET PLACE, HAMPSHIRE

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

ANDY sat down in the deck chair and rested for a moment. Above her, the branches of the apple tree swayed gently in the light wind and bees buzzed. If she squinted, she could make out budding apples a