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August with a little luck brings us the best of the summer weather but being the classic holiday month it can be hard to keep on top of your garden. If you must, apply a pesticide spray during the coolest parts of the day and follow label directions closely. Harvesting fruit before peak ...

(Pictured Above: The Cricket Ground, post-marked 1916) Last month, we saw Rennie Crick on leave at home in Cranleigh for ten days. When he came back to Boulogne, he recounts in his diary how he spent twelve hours in a train to Poperinghe in Flanders. He rejoined his section at a deserted farm ...

(Pictured Above: Deirdre chatting to Princess Alexandra on her official visit 2015) I was born in 1941 in Woodford, Essex, during the Battle of Britain. After the War we moved to Shenfield where I went to primary school and then to a Convent for two years, then to boarding school in Suffolk, ...

With less than two weeks to go until the Realm’s most spectacular mediaeval festival returns on the 5th, 6th, 12th and 13th August, The Loxwood Joust is delighted to announce its support of local charity Chestnut Tree House. This well-known local charity will be providing entertainment for all ...

Red Kite (Milvus milvus) One of our lookouts is the first to see them: ‘Hey, there’s three mysterious figures in the distance – and they are coming our way!’ We look up. So just who are these strangers? Right now we can only see their distant silhouettes under the blazing August sun. But as they ...

A classic is an outstanding example of a particular style; something of lasting worth or with a timeless quality; of the first or highest quality, class, or rank – something that exemplifies its class. The word ‘classic’ can denote a particular quality in art, architecture, literature, design, ...