Our planned weekend away near Conwy was always going to include a parkrun. On arrival in scenic North Wales we had checked out part of the nearest ...

Caer Rhun Hall in Snowdonia’s Conwy Valley has an interesting history. The main building dates from 1895 and was built for Major-General Gough, who was ...

This review was written for and first published by Bookmunch. Precipitation is a gorgeously produced little book containing three short stories by Ailsa ...

Looking back on January my lingering impression is of the cold. This is, of course, to be expected, it being winter in the UK. Perhaps getting older I ...

Mary I, Queen of Sorrows is the final instalment in the author’s Tudor Rose Trilogy. It was preceded by Elizabeth of York, The Last White Rose and Henry ...

I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith, had been sitting on my TBR pile for many years. I was aware it was a classic text, originally aimed at young ...

“Strangers tend to be less judgemental, you know. It’s your own who pick the first stone.” The Inheritance, by Cauvery Madhaven, is a slow moving ...

“In that one night, we shook off all that made us human and miserable: the chains of hatred, envy, anger, argument, all that tastes untrue. We cast our ...

Thanks to the bonus events put on over the festive season, this Saturday offered us the chance to run our fifth parkrun in ...

‘Not in Love’ is the fourth entry in Ali Hazelwood’s ‘STEMinist’ series of rom-coms, and marks a slight departure from her tried and tested formula. ...