Fly Past with Barry Dix

Barry Dix

Flypast: Strange cargo in air race

EVEN in 2010, when long-distance travellers are pampered with constant offers of tempting food and drink and a choice of personal entertainment so vast that it would keep a troupe of monkeys amused for a few minutes, such flights can still be bumnumbing tests of endurance.Read

Flypast: Pathfinder gets his way

PICTURE the scene. A December day in 1945 at the partially built London Airport, where work has been going on apace to construct runways, taxiways and aprons.Read

Kelly Rose Bradford

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Kelly-Rose Bradford: No hiding place from the Mummy Mafia

I'VE discovered somewhere else children should be banned from: the theatre. Obviously not for shows especially produced for kids, where their presence should be encouraged - if only to get their parent's urge to do 'cultural visits' over and done with in a suitable environment, with little disruption and inconvenience to the rest of society.Read

Kelly-Rose Bradford: Instructions are for losers - aren't they?

MY MOBILE - aka my life support machine - has been held together with parcel tape for weeks after it flew from my hand and developed cracks all over its casing.Read

Riverwatch with Mort Smith

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Riverwatch: Suspended animation

I AM FED up with this long winter. It seems a very long time ago that I felt even remotely warm and on the very rare occasions we've seen the sun over the past few months, it's just been fleeting glimpses.Read

Riverwatch: Stay away from the water

SEVERAL readers have contacted me following my article last week about the removal of trees and the proposed work to be carried out by the Environment Agency along the stretch of riverbank between Weybridge Ladies' Rowing Club and D'Oyley Carte Island.Read

MPs' Column

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Ian Taylor MP: Value our right to vote

Outgoing Esher & Walton MP expresses concern that half the young people eligable to vote actually do so, in his latest Surrey Herald column.Read

David Wilshire MP: Junketing? Helping to save the world is more like it

LAST year's parliamentary trauma revealed few people understand what MPs do. That is our fault, not theirs. We have failed to explain - allowing critics to judge us by how often we vote and how many questions we ask.Read

A Postcard From Canada

A postcard from Canada

A postcard from Trinidad: Bake and Shark

A farewell line from the Caribbean, having written last time about cricket in Trinidad, and about taking to the boats ‘down de islands’.Read

Howard Nichols in Trinidad

A postcard from Trinidad: By road and by sea

They drive on the left in Trinidad. There are a few freeways but mostly the roads are narrow and the driving is sometimes, shall we say, a little hairy.Read

Legal Eagles

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Legal Eagles: Probate and inheritance tax explained

Legal Eagles is produced by W Davies Solicitors of Woking. This week the team discuss probate and inheritance tax.Read

Legal Eagles: Where there's a Will

There are various ways to protect your family and estate on your death or in the event that you became mentally incapacitated.Read

Letters to the Editor

Generosity is not flagging - thanks

THE Soldier, Sailor, Airman and Families Association wishes to thank everyone who donated to the flag day held at the Emsleigh Shopping Centre and Shepperton High Street on February 13.Read

Here's to the next 60 years of fun

MUSIC, laughter, fun and good food were in abundance for the celebration of 60 years since the Darby and Joan club in Laleham opened on 15 January, 1950.Read

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