Recent Articles

Recent Articles

Fabric Conditioners: Do we need them?

What is a fabric conditioner? Fabric conditioner, sometimes referred to as fabric softener, is an additive that interacts with clothing during a wash cycle. It contains lubricating ingredients that attach to clothing fibres to make them feel soft to the touch. Some key ingredients in fabric ...

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A Local Lifeline

Rowley's Centre for the Community wins £10,000 renovation! Amuch-loved Cranleigh community organisation that’s provided a life-line for hundreds throughout the pandemic is celebrating after winning £10,000 in free windows and doors. Since the 1980s, Rowley’s Centre for the Community has ...

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Cranleigh Writers Group

I bought a new kimono by Trisha Broomfield Fashion VictimI bought a new kimono,a fashion victim me,its soft and gentle coloursbring out the poet see? But the arms are widethey’d fit a bus inside.Door handles grab me as I passwill not release me, or my glass.I’m stuck with wine or chilled rum ...

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Garden Bonfires, The Evidence

It's officially acknowledged that burning garden waste is bad for the environment and for human health. I’m proud to say I’ve never had a garden bonfire because I’ve always gardened organically, and this has meant either re-using material I’ve cut back or just allowing it to decompose (which is ...

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Wild Wonders – November

By a carpark in Rudgwick there was a luxurious froth of horsetails. They had recovered well from the drought months – but no surprise, they are survivors. They belong to a class of plants – the Equisetaceae – which have no direct affinity with any other group of British plants and their nearest ...

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