BY MAHIMA SHARMA When it is dark and future bleak, We forget to see the silver streak, The darkest cloud gives the heaviest rain, When flowers bloom, swiping off disdain. So…embrace darkness without an easy forego, Give it a parting hug before you let it go, Enjoy the eclipse and its short string, Coz only clashed paths form the ‘Diamond Ring’ Only when low…we learn … Continue reading The Silver Lining
BY JON ALEXANDER I’m sure by now you’re all aware of a Google employee being fired for airing an opinion that wasn’t popular with his employer and the recent instance of some National Trust volunteers receiving criticism for declining to wear an LGBT lanyard. Both cases are a carefully-cultivated storm in a teacup. Whereas Google is sticking to its guns, The National Trust has backed down … Continue reading “Progressive” Shouters
BY DEBORAH JANE NICHOLAS My horse does load and travel quite well. But if we were to stop and pass a trained eye over the entire event from start to finish the process is far from a comfortable experience for my horse. This has not proved overly-problematic in the past as I have always relied on specific tactics in the event my horse decides not … Continue reading Loading Horses
Ingredients 2 oz Dubonnet 1 London Dry Gin Lemon twist Instructions Add a few ice cubes to a mixing glass. Pour in Dubonnet and gin. Mix gently and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with the lemon twist. Continue reading Dubonnet Cocktail
VICAR Dear Country Squire Magazine Readers, I wish You a peaceful and pleasant August Sunday. This is the season for travelling. So this Sunday I offer You a prayer for safe travel if You are heading off for Your summer holidays or someone near and dear to You is off gallivanting. Whatever You do, take care. Be well. Enjoy the summer. I wish You well. … Continue reading Prayer For Safe Travel
VICAR Dear Country Squire Readers, I wish You all an excellent Sunday and, as we look forward to August, a relaxing summer of good weather, good times and peace. Today I address healing. If You or another person You love is suffering, then please use the following prayer with them or You in mind. Have a splendid day. You are in my thoughts and prayers. … Continue reading A Prayer For Healing
BY MANDY BALDWIN I’d bet my flip-flops and tonight’s sausages, none of the regulars at Country Squire Magazine have ever donned a blue and white wimple – no, not even the ones who attended excellent schools – but Mother Theresas come in all shapes and sizes, and CSM most definitely saved my bacon, and my marbles, to whatever extent they have been saved. It had … Continue reading The English Seaside Project
Ingredients: 35ml gin 20ml lemon juice 1tsp sugar syrup 15ml blackberry liqueur Garnish – slice of lemon and a blackberry Method: Put some crushed ice in an old-fashioned tumbler glass. Simply add all of the ingredients into the glass. Shake or stir if needed. Continue reading British Bramble Cocktail
VICAR The Reverend is away this week. Instead, we’ve published below a prayer for democracy – for those who find it difficult to count. Have an excellent Sunday. Remember the sun cream. A Prayer for Democracy Heavenly Father, we give thanks for the democracy alive in our country and for the freedom to worship You. Help the elected government and all in positions of … Continue reading A Prayer for Democracy
BY MANDY BALDWIN Well, it’s nearly midnight on Tuesday, and no doubt those who attended the vigil in Albert Square have gone home now, comforted and gratified by a show of togetherness. Candles were lit, the Union flag was beamed onto public buildings across the world, and a poet read an ode to the industrial revolution. Some Guardian journalists became misty eyed about what they … Continue reading Sacrificial Lambs
BY MANDY BALDWIN Election fever is sweeping the nation, and this time around I personally find every party to be in varying degrees disturbing or repellent, so my thoughts are a politics-free zone. In that spirit, I found myself reading about something which has been in the headlines for several months now: I mean, the possible engagement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. I am … Continue reading Thumbs Up to Princess Sparkle
BY DEBORAH JANE NICHOLAS The advert will nearly always start with how the owner is full of regret, they nearly always have a sad heart, sometimes family circumstances forces a heart-breaking sale, and apparently it’s time to let this amazing horse go to his forever home. This horse is incredible and will ensure the next owner can compete to a high standard. Next comes the … Continue reading Selling My Horse
BY DOM WIGHTMAN Jamie Foster is a much-loved gentleman. A friend of thousands on Twitter, an author and wit, a country solicitor, a founder writer for this magazine, a family man and the first person who comes into one’s head when you hear mentioned those two words, red and trousers. The same Jamie Foster who, after the Country Squire Magazine Christmas Party this year, recited … Continue reading Mr F is Temporarily Unwell
Ingredients for Making Carp Soup: 250 g potatoes, peeled and cubed 100 g carrots, peeled and sliced 5 g butter 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped 1 leek, trimmed and sliced 1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed 1/2 tsp ground cumin 1 tsp paprika 1 tsp dried marjoram 500 ml vegetable stock 1 tbsp tomato puree 400 g carp fillet, skinned and cubed 1 … Continue reading Carp Soup
BY JAMES CAMPBELL My remit on Country Squire Magazine is to supply “mechanical porn” and I trust I have lived up to my responsibilities, even if I have occasionally featured some old British rust buckets and perhaps too often displayed my undying love for Land Rovers in the magazine’s pages. This week I cannot fail to disappoint. This time with a boat. Well, a hydroplane … Continue reading Ferrari Arno XI
Ingredients for Making Nettle Wine: 1 bag nettle tops 1 gallon water 2 kg sugar juice of one orange juice of one lemon 1 heaped teaspoon wine yeast sterilising solution (for cleaning equpment before use) Instructions for nettle wine Instructions for Making Nettle Wine: Remove bugs and bits of grass. Put nettle tops onto the stove in a large pot. Cover the nettles with … Continue reading Nettle Wine
US President Donald Trump is talking tough about wayward North Korea. But what can he do about the North Korean regime which drowns its population in propaganda and continues to crank up the pressure on South Korea, neighbouring countries and the US? If you were in the White House what would you do? Dove or Hawk? Continue reading What to Do About North Korea?
BY VALENTYNA HOLLOWAY Silent words whispered from knowing eyes, the unspoken gift of a shared language communicated by empathic thoughts. (If I could, I would heal you, your pain is mine.) There are no expressions to encompass what lies behind those orbs of sapphire. Just music that drops through my mind. The soundtrack of a locked gaze overpowering the cacophony of the heartbeat fuelled machines. Continue reading The Pulse of Pain
INTERVIEWEE: ATMA SINGH Q: What role did you have when you worked in City Hall in London? Atma: I was lead Policy Adviser to the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, on Asian Affairs in the Mayor’s Office. In addition, I had responsibility for faith matters. Q: Why were you recruited? Atma: I had predicted the rise of Asian superpowers in China and India when all … Continue reading Livingstone Staff Celebrated 9/11
Sloe Gin Ingredients 450g (1lb) of sloes, give or take 225g (0.5lb) sugar 1 litre (32oz) gin or vodka How to Make Sloe Gin First, wash your sloes and remove any bits of stem, foliage, insects etc. Many people recommend pricking the sloes all over with a fork or needle to let the gin mingle with the juices. Second, put the sloes into a large, sterilised, … Continue reading Simple Sloe Gin Recipe
