New Craft Market in Durham
There will be a Craft Market held in Durham Market Place on Sunday 19th June, with a vast assortment of produce on offer. Organisers...
Presents, Cards, Flowers – Where Did St Valentine’s Day Come from?
14th February is well-known as a day of cards and flowers, hearts and candlelit meals, of toy cupids hovering with their dangerous arrows.
But did...
A Poisoned Chalice?
What makes a good man do it? Following in the footsteps of many a good man, sorry ladies but to date it is only...
Behind Every Great Man there is a Great Woman?
We live in interesting times, do we not? Currently we have the enervating spectacle of our politicians fighting it out on both sides of...
Dancing Strictly in Support of St Cuthbert’s Hospice.
Strictly Come Dancing is the BBC’s very own National success story that has most of us glued to the Telly between September and Christmas....
It Is a Matter of Opinion
At last the ‘big day’ has arrived, the European Referendum vote will happen on Thursday 23rd, and the fallout will begin. Once the counting...
Jerusalem and Jam
The much loved hymn ‘Jerusalem’ has been celebrated for its Centenary at Beamish Museum with a mass singalong and a parallel celebration of the...
Music Hath Charm to Ease the Sick with Durham Hospitals Radio
Those of us who have experienced being in hospital will know well the seemingly endless boredom that occurs between being treated by Angels dressed...
Who Says Dogs Are Dumb Animals? Certainly not the Owner of a Guide Dog.
Dumb animals indeed! Few people fail to be impressed by the sight of a Guide Dog and Owner walking the streets of Durham, and...
Ghosts and Ghouls Abound, Halloween is Here
Halloween falls at the end of October, 31st to be precise. The following day, the 1st November, being All Saints Day. October 31st then...