Miss Read

The villagers of Thrush Green celebrate Christmas traditionally, in a way that has hardly changed over the generations. But not everything is as peaceful as it seems....

Dorothy Watson and Agnes Fogerty have taught at the school for as long as anyone can remember, but now they're thinking and talking about retirement. It won't be an easy adjustment....

The Cotswold village of Thrush Green is a particularly close-knit community, where many of the inhabitants have known each other since childhood....

Fairacre is a village of cottages....

‘As I have been given a large and magnificent diary for Christmas... I intend to fill it in as long as my ardour lasts.’ Luckily, Miss Read’s ardour lasts all year, encompassing every aspect of Fairacre life....

A mouse's appearance on Christmas Eve in a widow's bedroom leads to a chance encounter with a small boy....

The end of the school year often brings unmitigated rapture for schoolteachers, and so it should for Miss Read....

As spring begins at Thrush Green, a series of local dramas takes hold of the community....

Summer at Fairacre charmingly recounts this bright, bustling season and the problems and possibilities that unfold against the backdrop of roses, skylarks and bees....

It's the May Day holiday, and a fair has come to the village of Thrush Green. The residents of Thrush Green all have their own views about the fair....

When Charles Henstock, rector of Thrush Green, moves a mile downhill to the parish of Lulling, his many friends rejoice in his promotion....

A new excitement comes to the village of Thrush Green when Harold Shoosmith, a distinguished bachelor....

Fairacre is a village of cottages, a church and the school, and at the heart of the school, its head mistress, Miss Read....

The two-hundred-year-old cottages known as Tyler’s Row....

Having enjoyed robust health throughout her career, Miss Read, the village schoolmistress at Fairacre, is looking forward to an energetic retirement in a few years' time.....

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 heated debate in the village about the new residents....

On a bright summer's day, old Miss Clare, now retired from teaching, awaits the visit of her oldest friend, Emily Davis. In between, she recalls the events in their 70-year friendship....

There are new people on the Green... When old Admiral Trigg and his sister Lucy died, their house - Tullivers - stood empty for many months....

Nestled in the heart of the Cotswolds, Thrush Green is normally a peaceful place....

Gossip From Thrush Green returns readers to that delightful English village, neighbour to Fairacre, for a golden summer....