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The palette clatters to the floor, and he watches it sullenly, running around his stockinged feet in impotent circles, before finally settling in the dust with one last, loud, sour note. He scratches his beard, quietly irritated. The offending palette lies flat on its face like a sulking child ...

Art Of..... Well, anything can be an art form, if time is taken to appreciate it. Speaking, for instance. When we speak, our accents colour our words with our unique per- spectives, brought from all over the world. Each language has a unique history and culture you might not contemplate when ...

This is the month of change when we say a last farewell to any lingering birds who spent the winter with us. Last month hundreds of chattering Redwings and ‘chacking’ Fieldfares could be seen worming their way across Cranleigh’s fields and paddocks. They were piling on the fat in readiness for ...

(Above: Mann’s fleet of vehicles just before the War)   At Cranleigh School, a sporting revolution had taken place during the spring term. The April issue of The Cranleighan reported: ‘we are actually playing the despised Rugby’. This marked the change from being a soccer-playing school, ...

Prep: 30 mins Cook: 2 hrs, 30 mins (plus resting and 2 hrs salting) Difficulty: Moderately Easy Serves: 8 INGREDIENTS 3kg rack of pork, chined (see tip), French trimmed (ask your butcher to give you the trim), skin scored, not tied 1 tbsp sea salt, ground to a powder For the ...

Hidden away, in the loft of a double garage in Betchworth, lie glimpses of Middle Earth – the fantasy world of J.R.R Tolkien, described in his books ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’. Back in 1994, Keith Field made a promise to act as Godparent on behalf of his friends’ son, David, and ...