Sarah French

2 days ago | greatbritishlife.co.uk | Sarah French

Author Vera Brittain’s seminal memoir, Testament of Youth, is recognised as a classic of both First World War and feminist literature that has been endlessly studied and retold on television and in film.

4 days ago | greatbritishlife.co.uk | Sarah French

Sarah French gets a peak behind the scenes and finds out how a Cumbrian initiative is preserving and celebrating the art of marmalade across the globe Beneath the bright white glare of an angle poise lamp a jar of marmalade is undergoing close examination. Soo Redshaw is studying it for colour, clarity, how the rind looks and the level of fill. Across the table Britain’s eminent food historian Ivan Day and Jo Swinnerton discuss in great detail the flavour profile of another jar of marmalade.

1 week ago | greatbritishlife.co.uk | Sarah French

Completing The Wainwrights – the 214 fells covered by Alfred Wainwright in his walking guides – is a challenge many set themselves. But is it possible to access all the fells using only public transport? A new book confirms that it is By their nature, not all the fells of Cumbria are easy to get to. Choose to reach them only by public transport and you set yourself a seemingly insurmountable challenge. Or does it?

1 week ago | thenorthernecho.co.uk | Sarah French

Cumbria is one of the few areas of England that still offers a genuine escape. From spectacular sunsets, dramatic cliffs and empty beaches of the west coast to the wild moors of the north and the dales to the east, there is plenty to discover. Best known, however, and lying between these areas of the county is the Lake District. England’s biggest National Park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is home to England’s highest mountain, its longest and deepest lakes and some of our darkest skies.

1 week ago | greatbritishlife.co.uk | Sarah French

Larch Cottage Nurseries opened 40 years ago and has been growing ever since. Sarah French finds out about plans to mark its anniversary – and what comes next Peter Stott is digging a trench at the front of Larch Cottage Nurseries. Of course he is. This particular bit of excavation is to allow for three-phase electricity to be supplied to the kitchen of La Casa Verde on site, but it is just one in a very long line of projects at the nurseries at Melkinthorpe which Peter started exactly 40 years ago.