Nestled in the heart of the Cotswolds, Thrush Green is normally a peaceful place. But as autumn turns to winter, feelings are running high in the village. Miss Fogerty, a respected teacher at the...

In ‘Village Affairs', the people of Fairacre are up in arms about the possible closure of the village school. This anxious time for Miss Read is made bearable by the support of all her friends...

Times are changing in the charming downland village of Fairacre, and Miss Read isn’t certain that it’s all for the best. The new commuter lifestyle has caused a drop in attendance at the local...

The villagers of Thrush Green celebrate Christmas in a way that has hardly changed over the generations. Children eagerly hang up their stockings, families go to church together and everyone...

Fairacre's retired schoolmistress was looking ahead joyfully to an easier way of life. But right from the start Miss Read receives lots of advice on how to spend it. Then there are the many...

Miss Read heard about the sale of Tyler’s Row from the always well-informed Mrs Pringle - and before long Fairacre was alive with rumours. Why were the present owners selling? Was it true that a...

The summer holidays are imminent and Miss Read is really looking forward to the rest and peace they offer. Things are not to be so simple, however. On the very first day of her holidays, she falls...

After the death of Emily Davis, school teacher and well-loved member of the local community, many of those who knew her cast their minds back to days past and to their memories of Emily. Dolly...

Fairacre is a village of cottages, a church and the school - and, at the heart of the school, its head mistress Miss Read. Through her discerning eye, we meet the villagers of Fairacre and see...

In the growing warmth of early summer, Thrush Green shakes out its leaves and flowers. The inhabitants are delighted, farmers survey their promising hay fields, gardeners bustle with packets of...

Charles Henstock, vicar of Thrush Green, is living in his new vicarage after the old one burned down. In its place are eight retirement homes, but there’s a heated debate in the village about...

A new excitement comes to the village of Thrush Green when Harold Shoosmith, a distinguished bachelor who has chosen the village for his retirement, takes the corner house on the green. Harold is...

As the spring months unfold in the peaceful Cotswold village of Thrush Green, so do the dramas of village life. The arrival of a stranger from America excites much interest and consternation....

The Cotswold village of Thrush Green is a particularly close-knit community, where many of the inhabitants have known each other since childhood, and any unusual events are quickly noted. The...

The end of the school year often brings unmitigated rapture for schoolteachers, and so it should for Miss Read, schoolmistress in the charming English village of Fairacre. But on the very first...