The (giant) parish pump
Ian Hayes on an ingenious solution to canal water shortages.
When “Printer” Heming, proprietor and editor of the Redditch Indicator, visited the upper Arrow Valley...
Living the dream
A walk past Alvechurch Marina gave Philippa and Martine the idea of escaping the rat race. Just a few months later, writes Philippa, they had...
Planning for spring
Hannah Genders looks ahead to a garden full of colours.
One of the best things about gardening is the fact that you are always planning...
Festival of design
Hannah Genders marks a year of writing for The Village by revisiting Westonbirt Arboretum.
Packing for my holidays, I suddenly realised that the deadline for...
Autumn style guide
Sally Oldaker checks out the latest seasonal styles at Joolz in Barnt Green.
If you thought the end of summer was going to mean the...
Classic clothes
The idea of a real “gentlemen” may seem an old-fashioned concept these days, but there will always be a place for the traditional values...
Death, taxes & back pain
It’s a funny old business where the more successful you are, the less people need to come and pay for your services. Yet this...
Soaking away pain
How warm water can bring welcome relief.
Hydrotherapy is sometimes assumed to be a treatment only available at luxury health spas, but the technique is...
Fabulous Fjords step out for charity
Two unusual horses get ready to help emergency teams.
Unless you’re a serious horse-lover, you may never have heard of the Norwegian Fjord. But two of these...
Lucy’s classical pitch
Mark Harrison is impressed by a singer who really can sing. . .
In a world where a teenager miming into a headset microphone is classed...