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<p>Dexter Olejarka gets ready to cook on the Crane Feasts food truck.</p>

Dexter, 14, to become youngest chef at Alresford Watercress Festival

<p>Farnham resident Aleksander Sikora's trip to Nice.</p>

Farnham dad visits Nice and Monaco in 48-hour break for under £100

<p>The County of Middlesex sign on the Hertfordshire-London boundary (Waltham Cross).</p>

Could the Middlesex name make a comeback in Surrey’s new councils?

<p>Revd Dr Steve Green, St James' Church, Rowledge</p>

Faith Comment: What might Jesus say to Benjamin Netanyahu?

<p>Olesya Khromeychuk signs copies of her book at Farnham Literary Festival 2026.</p>

War photography and memory explored in Farnham Literary Festival talk

<p>Haslemere Museum has been in the High Street for 100 years.</p>

Museum marks 100 years on High Street

<p>Action from a previous Hampshire v Surrey T20 match (Photo: Hampshire Cricket)</p>

Hampshire Cricket to celebrate 25 years of The Bowl

<p>Jean Halliday, St Laurence Church, Petersfield</p>

Faith Comment: Learning lessons from the Holocaust

<p>Phil Le Fanu's film Licence To Clown took first place in The Jackson Trophy for Overall Winner category of the Surrey Border Movie Makers Members' Competition 2025.</p>

Hampshire and Surrey clubs and societies news

<p>Grayshott's first team</p>

Grayshott Cricket Club set to celebrate 130th anniversary

<p>A photograph taken on June 16, 1888, by JW Penfold, showing the Working Men’s Club on Haslemere High Street.</p>

Peeps into the Past: A hidden post box beneath the chestnut tree

<p>Sebastian Poon has been crowned the British basic novice champion (Photo: Howon Poon)</p>

Eggar's pupil Sebastian Poon wins British title

<p>Climber Toby Roberts from Elstead has been awarded an MBE.</p>

Our region's residents recognised in King’s New Year Honours

<p>Photo by Alessandro Bogliari/Unsplash</p>

Richard Spiller's World of Cricket: England aim to end Ashes on a high

<p>Farnham resident Hilary Roberts with her book Camera at War: 170 Years of Weaponizing Photography.</p>

Local historian examines truth and conflict through war photography

<p>Portrait of Mary I of England by Anthonis Mor. (Public domain via Wikimedia Commons)</p>

Peeps into the Past: A quiet refuge before a royal marriage

<p>Cllr Ginny Boxall, Alton Whitedown ward, East Hampshire District Council</p>

Cllr Ginny Boxall: A year of challenge, change and community

<p>Rev David Muskett, Petersfield Methodist Church</p>

Faith Comment: The birth that still brings hope after 2,000 years

<p>Workers with the letter by Lord Mountbatten they discovered underneath a Hampshire care home.</p>

Mountbatten letter found beneath former Hampshire care home

<p>The Egyptian mummy at Haslemere Museum has been a popular exhibit down the decades</p>

Peeps into the Past: The echoes of Ancient Egypt in Haslemere

<p>The Melbourne Cricket Ground will host the fourth Ashes Test, which starts on Boxing Day (Photo: Dean Bennett/Unsplash).</p>

Ashes series returns to venue of the first ever Test match

<p>Tilbourne Players' latest production was The Wind In The Willows.</p>

Review: The Wind In The Willows by the Tilbourne Players

<p>Farnham Castle was saved in the 20th century by one remarkable resident. (Iain Lynch)</p>

Peeps into the Past: The woman who saved Farnham Castle

<p>Photo by Alessandro Bogliari/Unsplash</p>

World of Cricket: England head to the Gabba after Perth defeat

<p>Frensham Heights students form the word Peace to mark Remembrance Day.</p>

Students make their Peace on Remembrance Day

<p>Rev Jane Walker Benefice of Frensham</p>

Faith Comment: Taking time for a deeper look