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There’s a knock at the door, and my heart drops into my stomach. I knew, with it being Christmas, that she’d have to come round at some point, feel obliged even, to grace us with her own unique brand of season’s greetings and goodwill to all men. But what I wouldn’t give to avoid another visit. ...

Imaginative, creative play and make-believe are the cornerstones of good Early Years education and link to the prime areas of communication and language, physical development, and personal, social and emotional development. To learn effectively, young children need to play in order to have ...

Walking along the road to work or school we often look up at the blue sky, the sun, the stars, or the moon and wonder . . . at the awesome beauty of the universe! The Aurora is an incredible light show caused by collisions between electrically charged particles that is thrilling to watch. This can ...

European Bee-eaters Birders are listless again when the bells sound out at midnight on a New Year’s Eve. Many have kept a list of every bird they have seen over the preceding year, just for fun. In time they build up a useful record of birds in their garden, local area or ‘patch’, county, and ...

‘After enjoying the New Year festivities we often find ourselves calling the doctor’s surgery complaining of feeling unwell or maybe depressed at the prospect of facing a new year ahead? Can I see someone now, today?’ . . . writes Mal Practice. Imagine having to walk 30km every time you need a ...

The registrars dealing with women available for farming met at Guildford. Cranleigh’s registrar was Mrs Welch, of ‘Stonewall’ on the Common. Although farmers were desperate for workers, there was still a lot of prejudice against employing women. The registrars agreed it was most satisfactory when ...