I sense a widespread but misplaced belief that electric cars will be an environmental panacea. They will help, but electrification of our...

Climate breakdown is getting much more media coverage of late and we hear a lot about carbon footprints, carbon emissions and zero-carbon...

So, you are off and running, you were inspired, or perhaps your children were, and you felt the pressure to do something about climate...

Since the dawn of mankind fire has played a crucial part in our survival, keeping us warm in the coldest of climates, but now it poses a...

“They paved paradise and put up a parking lot” is the first line from a very prescient song called “Big Yellow Taxi” from 1970 by Joni...

The climate is changing - it’s no longer a matter for debate. Farmers are seeing the seasons disrupted, extreme floods are commonplace,...

As we sat shivering in another ‘Beast from the East’ and were filled with a mixture of glee and annoyance, depending on age, by the...

I have just finished reading ‘English Pastoral – An Inheritance’, by James Rebanks, an unexpected but rewarding Christmas present. It...

What kind of a year have you had? This enquiry is usually made in polite conversation, with little expectation of a significant response,...

Harrogate frequently tops the list of the best places to live in the UK and being joined this year by Ripon it’s perhaps not surprising...

Momentous global events can often pass us by here in our relatively quiet corner of the English countryside, even with twenty-four-hour...

Waste is never good. It’s bad for your pocket and for the environment, and much of it is avoidable. Take food waste; according to...

It looked like holidays might have been off the agenda this year, with all the restrictions and difficulties linked to coronavirus, but...

As lockdown eases, we can start to see the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic is having on local businesses. Some are slowly starting to...

It’s been a worrying time. For many of us Covid-19 has brought with it, not only health concerns, but financial ones as well. As lockdown...