Lorna Cole ticks enough boxes for an eleven-runner Classified Stakes over five furlongs of Wolverhampton tapeta tonight and the biggest is devastating ‘pocket rocket’ Hollie Doyle a wizard in minimum trip sprints on all-weather surfaces. These set-weight class 6 races have become a favourite on my modus operandi which areContinue Reading

Breastfeeding beyond infancy can be beneficial for children and parents – mothers explain pressure they feel to stop

Tomsickova Tatyana/Shutterstock Breastfeeding beyond infancy is recommended by the World Health Organization, which advises that children should be breastfed until two years old. For children, breastfeeding for longer is associated with reduced infections, a lower chance of misaligned teeth, a lower likelihood of obesity and higher intelligence]. And for mothersContinue Reading

So, Simon, how did you become interested in Ann Jefferies? I’ve often written about Cornish folklore as a folklore historian and particularly Cornish fairy and pixylore. Ann Jefferies is special because she offers us, not our earliest evidence for Cornish fairies, but our earliest good evidence. She is also ourContinue Reading