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An extract from Racing the Wind by Patricia Nolan. This powerful and beautifully-written account is the memoir of Patricia who lived in a tiny community in Cumbria and it captures the end of an era in the 1950s.

As many of you will know, I’m more used to writing about fairways and bunkers than I am about road accidents. Which leads almost seamlessly onto my book, “Two Ruddy Ducks and a Partridge on a Par Three”. It’s an amusing collections of 100 spoof letters purported to have come from the pen of a disgruntled golfer. You can either buy the book from all good, bad and indifferent book shops or from Amazon for £9.99. Or, for an extra penny, you can cut out the middleman and buy direct from me. Please just email me (cliveagran@btinternet.com) and let’s do business! I will sign and post off as many copies as you want. Amazingly, there really is no limit. If it helps, think of it less as an extravagance and more as a charitable donation.

My plan is to post one letter a week on here to whet your appetite. I’m also planning to post other stuff to mix it up a bit.

The Onion Testimonial, a customer review of a remedy from Kitchen Medicine

'This is a simple testimonial of how an onion poultice helped me recover from pneumonia symptoms. The effect was so dramatic that I wanted to share it in case it may help others too. It is NOT a medical substitute and has NO medical claim'.

CJ Jackson has been the CEO of Billingsgate Seafood School since 2005. As a charity, based above the largest inland fish market in the UK, CJ and her team deliver a large range of courses for children and schools, industry training and general public as part of a ‘food lovers’ programme. As a food writer and teacher, CJ has spent the last 25 years trying to encourage people to become confident seafood cooks producing family meals as part of a balanced diet, but also fabulous food to share with friends.

Her new cookbook is called the Great British Seafood Revival, out now.