I've just spent a very lazy afternoon watching Murder at the Gallop with Margaret Rutherford and Flora Robson - a real blast from the past. It was wonderful. Robert Morley was in it as well. It was...
Is it too late in the year to prune my fig tree which is very straggly? There are a lot of figs left on it, but very few are ripening now (I just had two for my pudding!), and it does look a mess. It...
This is the quiz from Dave Lyall - Lincs and Notts air ambulance. 3 - The dodger first half, yanky slang for foul odour in 5 I think it might be Art Garfunkel, as funk is american slang for foul...
I'm inundated with figs this year, which is wonderful, but I can't possibly eat them all as they're ready at the same time and the consequences would be dire!!! Can I possibly freeze them? I'm not a...
Sorry, I put this in the wrong category Can I Put An Electric Item In A Raffle? I organise a big raffle in December for the local church, and have been offered a brand new electric coffee maker as a...
I organise a big raffle in December for the local church, and have been offered a brand new electric coffee maker as a prize. It has never been opened. However, I also help at a local charity shop,...
23d Look for a stratum of coal, say. (4). I think it could be either seek (look for) or seem (seam of coal). Letters I have are S_e_ This is normally such a simple crossword, but this clue doesn't...
I'm so thrilled - just seen two HUGE tadpoles in my pond - I saw some frogspawn early on, but thought it hadn't developed. So........Blue tits nesting in the sparrow box, first time it's been used,...
I've watched the last two episodes, must have to admit I can't really understand what's going on. Could anyone just give me a basic summary of what's gone on so far? Who is Gatehouse? How did he know...
I'm absolutely stuck on three in this really good quiz. Help appreciated. No number of letters given. Category Trees: The whale got stranded on the sand - could it be Blue Beech? The ebony spine of...
I'm so delighted! There is a clump (?) of frogspawn in my pond today!! I never thought it would happen as it's quite a new pond, about 3 years old and not too large. So everything is crossed for loads...
Hello, I've been asked by a relative in America to see if I can find out what has happened to a friend of hers that she hasn't heard from for a couple of years, and she is concerned that she may have...
It's a very dull murky day. Drizzling rain. Why are there some people out there without their dipped headlights on? Either no lights at all or just driving on sidelights. I have heard that some people...
It's curious how names change. I asked two young teenagers where the railway station was yesterday, as I'd taken a wrong turn. Blank looks. Then I asked where the train station was, 'It's over there'....
I don't know whether this is the correct place to ask this question, but here goes anyway. It's a serious question by the way. How much would a person have to earn to have a tax bill of £50,000?...
Why do I only see one Pied Wagtail at any one time? I have never seen two. He (she) has recently been brave enough to come into my garden whereas before he was always on the field I overlook. Also,...
I have just discovered a large bee in my conservatory. He is walking round very slowly, and I don't know whether to leave him alone or put him outside. It's miserable here at the moment, rain/snow,...