1. Is my crazy dog normal?

I have a nine-year-old West Highland terrier. She loves her walks and we often go for several hours – she chases squirrels and generally runs around like a mad thing!

2. Pet Finder: Purrfect puss

Golden oldie Mavis is on the look out for a nice retirement home.

3. Don't miss your Christmas food monthly

Don't miss your copy of our award winning supplement food monthly which is free with Friday's Evening Post.

4. Great gift – huge tub of blood, fish and bone

Having perused some of the Christmas gift ideas for the gardener in your family in the supplements and magazines, I wonder if I am really a gardener at all.

5. Go Organic - It’s a tree-mendous time to put your roots down

The next few weeks are an ideal time for planting new trees and shrubs.

6. Foxy crimes down by the dark canal

It really has felt like winter this week, with the clear blue skies and freezing air.

7. The Duke's Head, Wokingham

There are new faces behind the pumps and in the kitchen at The Duke’s Head and they are toasting a bright future.

8. White’s wine - Pinot Noir

So you have all seen Sideways, right?

The brilliant mid-life crisis film set against a Californian wine-tasting tour backdrop.

9. Learn how to carve that turkey this Christmas

“Turkey carving is a lost art,” says Antony Worrall Thompson. “Birds are so piddly and small these days and the Sunday roast is dwindling, so people rarely find the need to carve.

10. National Curry Week

It’s National Curry Week – what better to enjoy it than to make your own?