Is Handwriting Still Important in our High Tech World?
People who come into contact with youngsters will appreciate how fast our world is moving, people communicate with others across the world with dizzying speed....
Good News on Climate Change?
Reported on the BBC Today Programme, on July 1st, the North American Space Agency (NASA), the clever chaps behind sending people into outer space...
Messing About on the River
As we start the wind down from the school year and look forward to the long summer holidays many youth organisations are likely to...
A Foreigner in Durham
A Foreigner in Durham By Hanna Hughes
Stepping foot in Durham is enough to take your breath away. Now, I’m not a huge fan of...
Don’t fancy Uni? There are Apprentice Training Schemes that will help Young People to...
Many youngsters are simply not academic, that is not to say they are lacking in intelligence because learning styles are different across the population....
The Botanical Gardens in Durham
You don’t have to be a gardening fan to love a nice garden. However, for those who do love to get down and dirty...
That’s Lucky
One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, six for silver, seven for gold, and so goes the...
Lest we Forget, Remembrance is Not Just About the Past
On September 15th 1916 The Durham Light Infantry paid a terrible price losing four hundred and five brave young men on the Regiments Bloodiest...
Black Holes
A group of academics at the University of Durham’s Institute of Computational Cosmology have been trying to make sense of what caused ‘supermassive’ black...
Join the Club and Save a Life? Durham’s volunteer First Aiders
During the summer many of us will have attended public events locally and elsewhere in the Country. On high-days and holidays there are vintage...