Traditional dance, Kendo, calligraphy, a tea ceremony and a bazaar. Rikkyo School in England opens its estate at Rudgwick for its annual Japanese Festival of Culture on Sunday 25th October. The post Experience the Spirit of Japan at Rikkyo…
Saxophone and piano, Debussy and Bizet, and no charge at the door. Cranleigh Arts opens its new season on Tuesday 8th September with the award winning Scholfield-Clarke Duo. The post Cranleigh Arts Launches Its 2026/2027 Programme with the…
Rod Weale wrote the biographies of the Cranleigh men who died in the Great War. He is now doing the same for those named on the War Memorial who died between 1939 and 1945, and he would like to hear from their families. The post Local…
Raspberry roulade, a pinched chair, a bottle of Prosecco going round and a black cat being photographed. This month's poem catches a writers' group summer party exactly as it happens. The post Poetry: The Writers’ Summer Party at Bernard’s…
The third instalment in the Bosom Friends series. Ten years on from a grade 3 diagnosis, Lea writes about what recovery actually looks like once active treatment ends and everyone assumes you are better. The post Bosom Friends, Number 3…
We think of healthy living as eating well, exercising and sleeping enough. Penny Lynch makes the case for one more ingredient on that list, and the evidence behind it is stronger than most people realise. The post The Power of Connection…
A professional music team, a walk around Knowle Park with a sing along afterwards, and a cup of tea for the carers. Memory Lane's September programme, and it is free with no need to book. The post Memory Lane: September 2026 appeared first…
Miki Marks on Darwin's real message, why insects can find their way into a conservatory but never out of it, and the evening primroses by her back door that open at dusk in three or four abrupt jerks. The post Wild Wonders: Darwin, Evening…
It has been a long, hot summer, so our Cranleigh birder opened a pub. Four bars, no meals, water only, open all hours. Twenty species have already flown in, and the wood pigeons have no manners at all. The post Crane Spotter: Cheers Fly In…