Wildlife & Nature
Plant galls
You might have noticed strange, bulbous growths on oak leaves or rose stems. These curious structures, called galls, are nature’s hidden laboratories — formed when [...]
Opinion
Who benefits from the
resources of a place?
Resistance to renewables will continue to grow unless the communities hosting these projects can retain a fair share of value. By Tom Wills
Shopping
Christmas gifts you can buy locally
You can help local businesses and the community when you buy Christmas gifts from local outlets and producers. Here are some ideas
Crossword & Sudoku Solutions
Sudoku, codeword, wordsearch and kakuro solutions
Here you will find the solutions to the sudokus, wordsearch, codeword and kakuro published in the paper edition
Poems
House Fire
IT is now nearly 2026. Next year (2027) it will be fifty years since my rebuilt croft house on the west coast was burned to the ground
