Happy School Holidays
The end of the school year has arrived and youngsters can chill out for five or six weeks. For parents the end of the ‘school...
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...
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...
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...
Festival of Lights Set to Return in 2017
It has been confirmed that the Lumiere Festival will take place in Durham in 2017. It will be the first time the extravaganza of lights...
To Shave or Not to Shave?
As a dedicated follower of fashion, to coin a phrase, actually more of an observer of people and events, it is difficult to miss...
Save Our Hedgehogs
Years ago there was a tasteless joke circulating, ‘Why did the hedgehog cross the road? To visit its flat mate’. The point is when...
Glass Half Full or Glass Half Empty?
I heard a lady on the bus say that it is only 165 days to Christmas. The person next to her said, ‘Yes, the family...
A Degree of Knowledge
It is difficult to imagine Durham City without our University with its imposing colleges, totally inclusive student population, and the wealth of cultural benefits...
Clever Dogs
Many of us have dogs and we know that sometimes they are way ahead of us with an intuition that is quite astonishing. One wonders...
The Train Arriving Could Be at?
George Stephenson was not only Father of the Railways, this amazing man of the North East was by association responsible for us knowing what...
Things You May Not Know about Durham
The County Palatine. Whilst we know that Durham is the Land of the Prince Bishops what is the County Palatine? One and the same....
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....
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...
Free Trims to Help Durham’s Homeless
A community group will soon be offering free haircuts to Durham’s homeless. Haircuts4Homeless, a charity established by experienced hairdresser Stewart Roberts, has been operating...
Practice makes Perfect?
Wrong. Practice makes permanent. For those of us who have driven a car for a number of years, including those who drive for a...
Chapels, Prisons, Hidden Arches – There’s More to Elvet Bridge than...
Most people in Durham are familiar with Elvet Bridge, the beautiful medieval structure that spans the River Wear, linking Durham’s centre to the Elvet...
Durham University Professor Gets Top Doc Job
Pali Hungin, a Durham University lecturer and ex-GP, has recently been appointed president of the British Medical Association. He will be in the prestigious...
Durham Students to Perform at Edinburgh Fringe
A group of Durham University students are heading to Edinburgh’s famous Fringe Festival to perform a play. The Princes’ Quest, a musical written by...
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...
