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A richly evocative celebration of summers when children were free to roam, make mischief

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British Summer Time Begins  Ysenda Maxtone Graham Little, Brown £18.99 Rating: For those of us who were born before the arrival of smartphones and video games and all-day telly, this splendid book rings bells galore. Take those interminably long car journeys to holiday destinations before the coming of the motorway, for instance. ‘Nothing could alleviate … Read more

The last gloriously evocative extract from the JAMES HERRIOT stories

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As Britain’s most beloved vet, James Herriot’s delightfully honest and at times hilarious reminiscences of a vet’s life in 1930s Yorkshire charmed millions — and were turned into a long-running hit BBC series. In the final part of our exclusive reprint there’s blood-soaked drama in Darrowby in this last gloriously evocative extract from the James … Read more