Last week the Sunday Times newspaper1 published its annual list of ‘Best Places to Live’ (in the UK) and the market town of Saffron Walden in Essex won.2 Its attractive setting and green spaces, vibrant market, bustling high street with…

Mother’s Day in the UK is coming up. Rather later than usual, it will be celebrated on 30 March this year. In the UK, the day moves as it falls on the 4th Sunday in Lent, being originally a church…