On Friday 17th May, whilst walking up Westmorland Place to check out Jamie Oliver’s newly refurbished restaurant, I found myself in the heart of Food Revolution Day and surrounded by television cameras which were all pointing to none other than Jamie himself. ‘Is that Jamie Oliver?’ I asked a professional looking hack with a long lens. ‘Don’t you know what he looks like?’ he spat back. ‘Well, you know, I’ve ...

On this historic day the first passengers travel on the resumed connection between the Bluebell Steam Railway and the mainline UK rail network, the culmination of 55 years of work by the Bluebell Railway Preservation Society. The Bluebell Railway runs through some of the most beautiful countryside and bluebell woods in West Sussex and it has appeared in many films including The Railway Children, Downton Abb ...

As part of a movement to plant the capital with fruit trees, the London Orchard Project will be planting and harvesting a new variety of apple which called  'The Core Blimey' in 37 new community orchards this year. The rosy apple got its name through the imaginative entries of a 500-entry competition but the Cockney phrase dates back to the 1880's. It denotes surprise and resonates with cheeky cheerfulness ...

The smell of baking bread could sell ice to Eskimos, so an outward looking Arts Centre decided to harness the power of bread and use it as the focus for one of its Doorstep Art Projects. ‘Many people are put off by the idea of coming into an Art Centre because they perceive it as highbrow’ said Gayle Knight who runs the Oswaldtwistle Centre. ‘Doorstep Art Projects actually send artists to people’s doorsteps ...

If you are looking for the Big Society, go to the village of Rotherfield where last night they held an evening of carols, poems and musical entertainment. Upon arrival I looked in vain for an order of service. 'Don't worry, someone knows what's going on' said my friend. Indeed, why waste paper? Someone knew exactly what was going on, though it was not the vicar. The compere was one of the local highlights o ...

After a record breaking £16,000 raised last year, the Pink Car Rally is planning its next road run. Each year they take to the roads to raise money so that sick children can have real hair wigs when they are undergoing cancer treatment. This might sound like a little thing, but it is a huge thing to children who lose their hair when undergoing chemo-therapy. Most children still go to school between treatmen ...

All the answers can be found within the pages of The Sunny Times, if you look hard enough and there are plenty of clues in the title so if the question mentions a book - look in the books section!  You may need to read the comments in some cases.... The first five entries with all correct answers (or if none are correct, the ones with the highest scores) that are pulled out of the tea-cosy on 6th January wi ...

A more joyful, less pretentious occasion it would be hard to find. It's the second Sunday in the month, the day when a tiny cafe encourages classic car owners to come and park up, wander around and have a chat. The Riverview Cafe occupies the old coal merchant's office - it's the only remnant of Forest Row's rail station on the London to Lewes line. It may be small, but the interior is covered with posters ...

One morning, four weeks ago, I lost my mother's dog. We were walking down a farm track, and when I got to the car found I had just one dog, her brother. Meg has a long-standing habit of just disappearing without warning.  One minute she is there and the next she is just gone. She seems to suffer from panic attacks. At the best of times she is timid, terrified of people even. If she can find her way home she ...

Film star Greta Scacchi, pictured,  is leading her Fishlove campaign into new territory with an exhibition of naked celebrity portraits which opens next week. Launched in June 2009, the Fishlove Photographic Project is a series of striking photographs by Rankin, fashion photographer, designed to bring sustainable fishing into the public eye. 'At 50, I wasn't exactly enthusisastic about going naked, and it c ...