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Town mouse plans his escape for the Olympics

Town mouse plans his escape for the Olympics

Friday, 10 February 2012

A fleeting visit to Ramsgate sees Clive looking forward to avoiding the capital for the Olympics

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Country mouse bemoans the train service

Country mouse bemoans the train service

Thursday, 09 February 2012

The journey home by train can be unpredictable to say the least, but Mark is grateful to be rescued by a kind local vicar offering a lift

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Town mouse on Cartagena

Friday, 03 February 2012 - Literary types blink in the Caribbean sun as the Hay festival decamps to Cartagena | Read Full Story


Country mouse looks back on the shooting season

Thursday, 02 February 2012 - A happy pheasant and partridge season took Rupert to all corners of the country this year, and soon he goes to Spain to have a shot at some boar | Read Full Story


Town mouse on a series of thefts

Friday, 27 January 2012 - Clive reports on a spate of thefts in his area, which have hopefully been halted | Read Full Story


Country mouse moves on

Thursday, 26 January 2012 - Mark imagines what future archaeologists will make of the contents of his trips to the tip whilst moving house | Read Full Story


Jane Grigson's parsnip and walnut fritters

Saturday, 21 January 2012 - A delicious change from standard roast parsnips | Read Full Story


Town Mouse on Rothschildland

Friday, 20 January 2012 - Clive Aslet on a mini celebration of Waddesdon Manor | Read Full Story


Carla Carlisle on The Iron Lady

Friday, 20 January 2012 - Anyone who lived through the Thatcher years will realise while watching The Iron Lady that we all suffer from a kind of dementia: we've forgotten the sheer horror of the sectarian violence | Read Full Story


Country mouse on sunrises

Thursday, 19 January 2012 - The cold snap brought with it spectacular sunrises and prompts Mark Hedges into indulging in a spot of sunrise gazing | Read Full Story


Town mouse drives around London

Friday, 13 January 2012 - Quieter than usual, driving seemed easier before everyone returned to clog up the roads, says Clive | Read Full Story


Country mouse honours John Humphreys

Thursday, 12 January 2012 - Mark presents a lifetime achievement award to a great countryman and write, John Humphreys | Read Full Story


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