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I'm Rosanna Clare and I live and work in the Surrey countryside. I have been running my workshop making leather bags and accessories as well as teaching courses for 3 years now and recently moved from Kent to Cranleigh near Guildford. I now live and work at a craft and business centre called ...

TOMATO SOUP WITH A DIFFERENCE Ingredients 25ml olive oil 25g of Butter 125g thin sliced potatoes 100g white leek finely chopped ½ carrots diced small 1 stick of celery cut small 3 cloves of garlic crushed and chopped 150g red pepper chopped 1x400g tin of chopped Italian tomatoes 30g ...

As I write this I am sitting under beautiful blue skies with wall to wall sunshine. There is no sound apart from the birds and the odd leaf that falls to the ground. No traffic noise or planes overhead and occasionally there is the sound of a child playing in the distance. I’m in a game park in ...

Falco peregrinus The Blue Tits’ alarm calls earlier this Spring signalled a likely raptor was approaching and as I looked up to see what it would be a magnificent Peregrine Falcon powered south east against the grey sky. It was a particularly memorable moment as this was the 100th species I ...

The shop run by the Cheesman children’s aunts, Mercy and Mary Mann, in Dorset House (now Pimm’s Funeral Service) After two agonising months without any news of their son Joe, on June 2nd Chris and Ruth Cheesman of Victoria Road received a letter from him. It had been written on April 18th. The ...

Saturday 30th June, 7.30pm An evening of dance and music presented by Quicksilver Dance Company and special guests. Featuring dance from across the genres, from lyrical jazz and ballet, to contemporary folk and Spanish. Quicksilver is a Surrey-based dance performance company for dancers aged ...