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...

Image courtesy of Urban Movement I’ve had a very sociable Spring. I’ve given and received more smiles than normal and spoken to more of...

Resurrected Bites, the pay-as-you-feel cafés set up in Harrogate in 2018 to tackle food waste haven’t been deterred by the Covid-19...

Was it only a few short weeks ago that we had it all planned out? Watch some sport on the telly, a meal out at that new restaurant on...

The restrictions being imposed to control the spread of coronavirus mean we all need to spend more time at home, to limit our social...

Food has come a long way since the curled-up sandwich days of British Rail, becoming one of the most popular topics on our televisions...

There are so many ways of showing love to your children and grandchildren but changing your electricity supplier might not come top of...

The sales are here! Time to pick up a bargain! Or is it? Love or hate them sales have become a way of life, offering us lower prices to...

It’s a challenge, isn’t it? To make sustainable choices, to buy ethically, to live out the principles we aspire to. Christmas presents us...