
Neil Thomas picks a card - any card - and is comprehensively bamboozled by the magic of county entertainer Paul Rushworth

Her sudden, tragic death came out of the blue, but Layla Pitt is a shining presence in her family’s life still, discovers Shirley Tart

Neil Thomas gets round to dining at The Royal Oak in Welshpool — and rather wishes he’d visited earlier.

In which Vanessa breathes a sigh of relief at the modern trend for informal entertaining . . .