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Try making this classic Italian dessert with delicate vanilla and a fresh strawberry topping. Prep: 10 mins Cook: 5 mins Difficulty: Easy Serves: 4 INGREDIENTS 2 ½ sheets gelatine 150ml milk 400ml double cream 60g caster sugar 1 vanilla pod, split lengthways fresh strawberries, to ...

Cook an easy, healthy curry with just 15 minutes preparation for a wholesome family meal. Prep: 15 mins Cook: 40 mins Difficulty: Easy Serves: 4 INGREDIENTS 4 skinless chicken breasts, cut into chunks (or use thighs or drumsticks) 2 tsp cornflour 1 onion, diced 2 tbsp rapeseed oil 1 ...

William Heath Robinson’s ‘Spring-cleaning the Ark’ (1925) In March 1918, a new family moved into ‘The Copse’ at the corner of Horsham Road and Grove Road. This was the artist and cartoonist, William Heath Robinson, his wife and four children. A gifted artist and book illustrator, he is now ...

Cranleigh Station Platforms - c.1965 © Norman Hamshere My dad’s name was Harry Koster and in London he used to work as a mechanic for the black taxi cabs. He was in Burma during the war and when he came out of the army there was a shortage of jobs and a shortage of homes. He really wanted to get ...

Parrot Crossbill (male) Loxia pytyopsittacus In my Crane Spotter column last April, I wrote about the irruption of the Common Crossbill into the Cranleigh area and several readers subsequently enjoyed seeing them. Some years you get them and some years you don’t. They are never ‘common’ here. ...

Many old people go for days without any human contact. We know that this isolation brings increased risks of ill health. We must start looking at healthcare as everyone’s business, not just being dispensed by the state. In our lives today, increasingly lived in silos and communities of interest, ...