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Andrii Andreiko, Ukrainian Refugee When we lived in Irpin, a suburb to north-west of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, our life had been fairly settled, blessed and relatively predictable. We lived in a private house, owned a couple of businesses which we’d run for nearly 20 years.  One was a real ...

By Joy Horn (Main Photo - From Horsham Road towards the church. The bridge on the right leads to the Police House (courtesy of Vera Wilkinson)) Streams or dry ditches of the Cranleigh Waters can be seen throughout the Village.  What follows is just one possible discovery walk. It is about ...

By Simone Conti I wish all Cranleigh Magazine readers a happy Easter and best wishes from my family. Stuffed Egg Gratin Serves 4 - Suggested Wine: Austrian Riesling Ingredients- 8 large eggs- 60g mayonnaise- 60g grated mature cheddar cheese- 4 tablespoons of breadcrumbs- 1 small ...

(Main Photo - European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)) Lots of people ask me ‘What birds are you seeing at the moment?’ and I’m usually happy to oblige with a reasonably healthy round-up of what I’ve bumped into since we last met. This year though, or this winter to be exact, it has been ...

By Miki Marks (Main Photo - A Strawberry Tree (Arbutus)) Who was Pliny The Elder? It is hardly possible to read a natural history book and not find his name mentioned. I wrote about hares last month and included his remarks about hare meat being an aphrodisiac – and that he said, as an ...

Looking for something new and exciting – why not give Stoolball a try? Stoolball you say, what’s that? Let us tell you, Stoolball is an ancient English game which has been played for over 500 years. It is the origin of baseball and perhaps cricket too and is even mentioned in Shakespeare’s ‘The ...