Staunton Notebook – May 2021

Last Christmas Jacqueline had a present of a book by Monty Don, the gardening guru. Leafing through it I came across a paragraph on hedgehogs. Monty says that the reason they are in decline is ‘loss of habitat,’ a phrase I’ve heard elsewhere. I find this strange;...

Staunton Notebook – April 2021

How does a prisoner feel as his release date approaches? Excited, and maybe a little apprehensive at the change from certainty to uncertainty. I find myself slightly affected that way by the coming release from ‘lockdown.’ There are changes afoot, and we have yet to...