Ahem, Lily Kay Chislett was born on 14th August 2026 to Ella and Sam in Haywards Heath at two minutes to six in the morning. It was not a straight-forward birth in anything except the physical process itself. Stoical and mostly unflappable, Ella called the experience “slightly chaotic” with admirable moderation. But the headline news […]
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WHIPPING MOB CELEBRATION: September 2026
Photo: Tom and Kate in Trinity College, Cambridge, September 2026 Ahem, With the multiple heatwaves [...]
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Save Money; Buy Quality! – Philip Eves
Uckfield Entrepreneurs: Philip Eves of PP Estates PP Estates is not only Uckfield’s but Sussex’s [...]
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Local, Sustainable, Healthy : Lizzie Smith, The Oast Farm, Buxted
Uckfield Entrepreneurs After the Smith family bought the Oast Farm in 2014, significant changes [...]
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Ahem, La Hune, our family house in south-west France, looks out proud and far across the Arratz valley, having achieved five-star ratings in all reviews in its first few months as a rental house on Airbnb. This makes my daughter Jessie a “super-host”, along with our neighbour Marlene, who looks after the house and receives […]