Precious Bane is a novel written by Mary Webb in the early 20th century. Webb was famous for her novels of rural life mainly set on the border of Wales and Shropshire, where she lived much of her life. This book is the story of Prue Sarn, a girl who is... (read more)

Cold Comfort Farm is a comic novel written in the 1930s by Stella Gibbons. It is the story of a 19 year old girl called Flora Poste, who after her parents die goes... (read more)

Some people manage to learn to type fast and accurately with little or no help, but most of us need some training to do it well. Even people who have grown up using a keyboard, and so type very fast, can do it much better if they take a course. This is... (read more)

Many people believe this, and there is some truth in it, but much less than is often supposed. What is true is that children, whose brains are still growing, do learn languages and all kinds of new things much more quickly than adults. However, once you... (read more)

There is really only one answer to this question - the best way to learn a language is to practise it. You need to speak,... (read more)

It's now almost summer, so we were hoping to have no more floods for a while, but lately the rain seems to have come back. It is nowhere near as bad as it was in February and March 2014, which was some of the worst flooding in years especially in the... (read more)

As a lot of people choose to spend time with their families on bank holidays, it's probably a good idea to cook something like the traditional Sunday roast, even if you are actually making it on Monday. For this time of year lamb is a good choice - spring... (read more)

If you haven't made any plans yet, you may well find that a lot of hotels and other accommodation are booked up. This is the spring bank holiday, and often is even busier than the... (read more)

The full results for this won't be ready until Sunday 25 May. However, voting closed on the evening of Thursday 22 May and exit polls usually give a good indication of election results. Judging by these UKIp (the United Kingdom Independence Party) will... (read more)

Rubik's cube is 50 years old this week. IT is a kind of three dimensional puzzle, invented in 1974 by the Hungarian architect and sculptor Professor Erno Rubik. He first called it the... (read more)