In the past week I have been honoured to be able to purchase my great-grandfather’s war medal online, thanks to a ‘random act of kindness’ from a complete stranger. The story begins with a post I’d made on a forum nine years ago while researching my ancestry and...
Settle Hydro has marked the impressive milestone of having generated one million kWh of clean, green renewable energy. The community project, which was commissioned in January 2010, generates electricity by drawing water from the River Ribble through a sluice gate to...
Adjusting to life without a small dog It’s a week ago tonight that we unexpectedly found our little friend dead in her bed. She’d seemed a bit out of sorts but having been happily grappling with a big stick earlier in the day as normal, we’d not been duly alarmed....
Behind the scenes with Craven’s morris side Morris dancing may have its fair share of ridicule from the uninitiated, but this ancient art form remains a part of our national heritage which is well and truly live and kicking in Yorkshire. It’s noisy, colourful, vibrant...
It feels a bit strange to be suddenly out of the theatre bubble I’ve been living in for what seems like forever and I feel compelled to write for my own record about my personal journey through our ‘world amateur premiere’ of Calendar Girls: The Musical. It’s...