DREAM NIGHT AT THE ZOO
Ann Evans reports on a special evening in Stratford-upon-Avon for some very special children. The Stratford Butterfly Farm hosted its second successful Dream Night at the Zoo...
Holland Park, Leisure & Pleasure hidden in the Heart of London.
London must be one of the greenest cities in the world. There are parks and gardens everywhere, if you know where to look! Sometimes you get a nice surprise...
TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE
Photos courtesy of BBC Gardeners World and Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography. Ann Evans is all set for the BBC Gardeners World Live and the BBC Good Food...
Mumbai Memoir- Chasing the Stray Canines of Mumbai!
A classic popular Bollywood song ‘Yeh Hai Bombay Meri Jaan’ from the Hindi movie , expresses the ups and downs of living in Mumbai. Here’s the link to the...
Midlands Air Festival
Photos by Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography. The Midlands Air Festival returned to Arbury Hall and Ann Evans went along to enjoy the action. Crowds descended...
HALF TERM HOLIDAY FUN
It’s half term week and Ann Evans has a few suggestions of how to keep the family happy. Pirate Adventures at Hatton If...
Medieval Michelham Priory
I recently visited Michelham Priory, near Eastbourne, East Sussex. I discovered it many years ago on a school trip, and I fell in love with it as I was...
EASTER FAMILY FUN
Looking for somewhere to take the family over the Easter holiday? Ann Evans has some suggestions. If you’re looking for family activities this Easter, then the...
The National Garden Scheme helps even more charities
This is a perfect way of raising money for charity says Ann Evans. The NGS have around 3,500 beautiful private gardens throughout England and...
The marvellous work of our canine charities
Photos courtesy of Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography Ann Evans provides a snapshot of some of the incredible animal charities who attended Crufts. There are so...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week for 7th March 2019
We had a handsome little toad come into care in January which had a nasty wound on its back. It was treated very carefully in our first aid room...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week for 28th Feb 2019
Rescuers for East Sussex WRAS and Seahaven Wildlife Rescue spent an evening at Eastbourne Railway Station after a call for help just after 7pm. Two rescuers from our hospital...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week for 21st February 2019
I would like to apologise for not being able to write my column every week. I have not been well and on some occasions this can get in the...
Mumbai Memoir 102- Inspirations from the Indian Warrior Queen- Lakshmibai of Jhansi!
Last month I went to watch a movie named ‘Manikarnika’. I had been waiting for this movie since long. It’s a biopic based on the life of ‘Maharani Lakshmibai-The...
2 Great Books; 1 in Kent, 1 in Sussex.
Since I wrote these reviews in August, our lovely Wendy has died of liver cancer a few days ago. She was a wonderful lady who battled bad health all...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week for 31st January
After a New Year’s Day walk along Cuckmere Haven, two members of the WRAS team were shocked to see the build-up of plastic that has taken over the area...
Stratford-upon-Avon has become the UK’s first Donor Town
Photos by Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography. A new initiative to promote organ donation had been launched in Stratford. Ann Evans went along to the launch. ...
Story time – AdAstra café (story and review)!
Today’s article will be a bit of story time. A story about how and why a woman in Prague established an AdAstra café and how found out about this...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week for 24th January 2019
January is not a month we expect to start getting baby garden birds coming into care! This has to be the earliest we have ever had such a young...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week for the 17th January
A fox that came in 5 weeks ago went home this week. He came in after being caught in a stock fence. The poor fox was hung upside down...
MALTA DIARY: The EU Member States’ Rule of Law – Malta is small, so bully it!
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: May I request all readers to inform me and let me know which...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week for 10th January 2019
Many will remember the passing of WRAS rescuer Dave Fox-Dossett in September last year. Dave brought something special to proceedings when he was on shift, as anyone that has...
SHROPSHIRE ANYONE?
By Ann Evans If you are planning ahead, Ann Evans recommends that beautiful Shropshire is on your agenda. Happy New Year to all B-C-ing-U readers....
Nat’s Travels – Getting to know Shakespeare
Over the past few years I have become a little obsessed with Shakespeare. I was always interested in school, but then I had to pick plays apart in high...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week for 3rd Jan 2019
Happy New Year everyone. I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year celebrations. A huge thank you to all our volunteers and staff who have been...
Dogs to have better lives in the UK
By Ann Evans Bulldog lovers in the Hamstead Community of London pull together to save abused dogs in China. Ann Evans tells us more. The recent...
The Fabulous Crufts Show
Introduction and photographs by Rob Tysall, additional words by Ann Evans. One of my favourite things to photograph has to be dogs. Having been a photographer for more...
Winchester and a Mother’s Determination
All this week we’ve been re-running our Writers’ Favourite Articles. Here is the first part of Wendy’s story about her amazing Mother. Part two is next week. By Wendy...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week for 27th December 2018
Our new veterinary theatre “The Dave Fox-Dossett Theatre” has been put to good use this week with its first surgical case. Rescuers attended a severely injured hedgehog in Ditchling...
Great Dixter; Picturesque Perfection!
Lyn chooses her Favourite Article of 2018 for Christmas Week. What can I say about a house that has been on its site in various forms for around 800...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week for the 20th December 2018
A huge thank you to Peter at Perfectly Green Artificial Grass for donating a few rolls of artificial grass for our casualties. Our gulls are loving having the new...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week for the 13th December
We are delighted that Eastbourne MP Stephen Lloyd has chosen East Sussex WRAS for his Christmas Appeal. He wants to raise enough money to buy 10 hedgehog houses and...
MEN IN SHEDS
By Ann Evans Photos courtesy of Rob Tysall and Nuneaton’s Men in Sheds. You’ll have heard of the man cave, well meet our Men in Sheds. Ann Evans...
STICKLER SYNDROME – WHAT IS THAT?
BY Wendy Hughes Do you hate visiting a new hospital consultant, GP or the dentist? I certainly do, but I expect for a very different reason to those reading this...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week for 29th November 2018
Well its certainly getting colder at now as we head into winter. Our wildlife will be making the most of any fruit on trees and bushes now to make...
The Little Princess Trust
By Ann Evans Photos by Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography Here’s a wonderful charity helping young cancer sufferers, Ann Evans reports. For anyone to...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week for 22nd November 2018
WRAS Rescuers Chris and Ellie were called down to Pevensey Bay last week after reports of an injured seal on the beach. Unfortunately they were unable to catch the...
Get set for a weekend of fan-tastic fun
By Ann Evans Photos by Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography Time to indulge in your fun side at the MCM Comic Con. Ann Evans gives us a glimpse of...
PUDSEY THE BEAR, THE TOWN, THE PUDDING
By Wendy Hughes The Bear A trip to Pudsey in West Yorkshire starting me thinking; I knew little about the town, although the national mascot of the BBC’s ‘Children...
November 1918-November 2018: places to visit on Remembrance Day – Meanderings through France n° 162
By Annick Dournes & Frederic de Poligny Near and distant in the same time, WW1still is a vivid memory for most European families who still remember...