village

The village parking wars have taken an ugly turn

28 May 2022 9:00 am

The dynamics of the village can only be understood with reference to what’s happening to the parking. Unless you study…

Is ours the oddest high street in the land?

26 March 2022 9:00 am

The window of the new shop was as brightly coloured as a circus entrance, and stuffed full of items bearing…

Real life

2 September 2017 9:00 am

My friendly neighbourhood Lib Dems have put some campaign literature through my door. In a covering note, they intimate that…

Real life

5 August 2017 9:00 am

‘This situation is Rorke’s Drift,’ said the builder boyfriend, after our proposed renovations were objected to at the parish council’s…

Real life

8 July 2017 9:00 am

Last night, I had dinner at the M25 services. I don’t mean I stopped for a break mid-journey. I mean…

Balham is about as close as you get, in 2015, to the 1950s

26 September 2015 8:00 am

After pulling out of my flat sale and U-turning on the idea of moving to the Cotswolds, it took me…