Bath time with Colin and Justin
Saturday, June 10 Martyn and I had a productive day shopping today, returning to the farm laden with a polar white ceramic bath, matching bidet and toilet cistern – so
SPAIN
Over 1.5 million turn out to hear Pope in Valencia Sunday mass by Pope Benedict XVI was held at the futuristic museum complex, City of Arts and Sciences, on the
BELGIUM
Post-mortem results on young stepsisters BELGIAN AUTHORITIES, last week, completed post-mortem examinations on two young stepsisters, who were found dead, nearly three weeks after disappearing. Stacy Lemmens, aged seven, and
The Constant Princess
The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory If you require an escape from reality into history, recreated by a skillful author, then this is the book for you. A splendid and
Narrow Dog to Carcassonne
Narrow Dog to Carcassonne by Terry Darlington This is the delightful, true story of two pensioners and their whippet Jim, who sail from Stone, in Staffordshire, to Carcassonne in the
A Piano in the Pyrenees
A Piano in the Pyrenees by Tony Hawks Inspired by breathtaking views, and romantically dreaming of finding love in the mountains, Tony Hawks impulsively buys an idyllic house in the
Collies and car tax
By MARGARET BROWN JUNE IS the month when money goes out and very little comes in. Cars must be taxed, and this is the first year it has been possible
Don’t you forget about us
By RUTH SHARPE Simple Minds perform in the Algarve THOSE WHO have seen the classic 1985 film, The Breakfast Club, will be familiar with the title track, Don’t You (Forget
Conference debates single-sex schools
By GABRIEL HERSHMAN NEW FINDINGS in the UK suggest that single-sex schools do not help pupils to attain better academic results. American researcher, Rosalind Barnett, a senior scientist at the
Games without frontiers, wars without tears
AS YOU are reading this, at least half of the world’s population is holding its breath, in eager anticipation of the final showdown of you-know-what. It appears that the English