Get set now for fruitful harvest
By Sally Gregson.
The sight of soft red fruit ripening in the sun is as mouth-watering – or beak-watering – to any passing bird as...
Time is right to build your fruit cage
By Sally Gregson.
After such a dry summer when every bird and small mammal seemed intent on eating anything juicy, be it strawberries, raspberries or...
Lowry signed print for sale
ACREMAN St. Antiques has more than 800 lots on offer today (Friday, November 25) including nearly 300 lots of jewellery.
The sale also features furniture,...
All set for bumper Christmas auction
CLARKE’S Auctions at Semley is preparing for its bumper Christmas sale to be held from Wednesday to Friday 28-30 December and is expecting more...
Making farming fit for the future
With Putin’s warmongering having further exposed the fragility of the world’s food supply, it is worth reflecting on another Vladimir, Lenin, who wrote over...
Great to meet veterans in Falklands
Following my return to the MOD as Minister for Defence People, I had a pierhead jump to the Falklands to represent the Government at...
Remembrance and the generation gap
Many of us gathered around a war memorial during the commemoration of Remembrance Sunday. You may have laid a wreath, said a prayer or...
Positive step on pumps petrol pricing
The last two weeks have been busy in the House of Commons. During Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday 9 November, I asked the Prime...
It looks like a long, hard road ahead
That Autumn Statement warrants a word or two.
Whether or not it is necessary medicine, the casualties will be ordinary people in ordinary households suffering...
An exercise in smoke and mirrors
On first glance, the budget – AKA Autumn Statement – wasn’t as bad as many people feared.
As I wrote in my previous column, the...