Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami Reviewed by Amanda Read In high school, Tsukuru Tazaki had four close friends. The friends did everything together. So concerned were they to maintain the status quo, they studiously avoided splintering into smaller groups. Yet, while each of his Read more
The Fall River Axe Murders – Angela Carter Reviewed by Amanda Read This short story takes place in the moments before the Borden family awake on that fateful day when: Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done She Read more
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Don’t miss what’s going on in and around Burton. It is possible to link an event in the website calendar to your own personal calendar. To do so, select the event, right-click on ‘Add to Calendar’ button to display an option menu including Outlook and Apple. Make the appropriate selection and Read more
Clay by Melissa Harrison A boy tiptoes from a high-rise block in the half-light of dawn to see the neat prints left by a fox on the frosty grass. He is TC, eight years old and skipping school to spend his time exploring the city’s waste ground and forgotten wild Read more
As you may know the Burton Community Association has asked John Millican to look at street lighting in the village. We stress that there is no definite plan or commitment to provide street lighting in Burton and that this is just a consultation. John would be interested in your views on the Read more
Garden waste is currently collected at the kerbside every fortnight, however the council has put together three proposals to reduce the cost of the service. People are being asked to choose which of these three options best meet their needs: 1) A three month suspension of the kerbside garden waste Read more