Our leap year customs
THe Turning Year by Heather Elvidge ...THOUGH it’s still cold, the sun is rising higher and daylight lasts longer. There are even spells of sunshine, reminding us that spring’s on its way. An old word...
View ArticleBook review: The Sword of Damascus by Richard Blake
Age has not entirely wearied Brother Aelric of Jarrow and the years have not yet condemned him to a sedate and sedentary lifestyle.He’s well over 90 and should be taking it easy ... but the year is 686...
View ArticleBook review: The Wreckage by Michael Robotham
Take an enthralling story about an ex-cop who falls victim to a robbery in London, widen the scope to include a dangerous trail of ‘lost money’ in Baghdad and you have one of the best British crime...
View ArticleBook review: The Darker Side of Love by Jessica Ruston
They say that love makes the world go round – and maybe it does.But it can also bring pain, disappointment, heartbreak ... and danger.Jessica Ruston departs from standard chick-lit here in a gripping...
View ArticleMassive book sale
A MASSIVE sale of books will be held on Saturday from 10am to 4pm in Kilham Village Hall in aid of Harpham and Lowthorpe Churches and other charities, including Macmillan Nurses.For further...
View ArticleRudston history
ON March 11 at 2pm, there will be a walk at Littlethorpe, Rudston, when Mr John Gatenby will point out to visitors some archaeological features from 3000 years ago, including the site of an iron age...
View ArticleNight of fun at Middleton
ON Friday March 9 at 7.30pm in the village hall at Middleton on the Wolds there will be a pie and pea supper together with a race night to raise money for the village church.Tickets are £5 and everyone...
View ArticleRace night for school
Kings Mill School are to hold a race night at Driffield Rugby Club.The event will take place this Saturday, March 3 at 7.30pm with the first race starting at 8pm.Proceeds from the night will go to...
View ArticleBook review: The Queen’s Secret by Victoria Lamb
Young Lucy Morgan is just one of the many singers and entertainers whose job it is to help while away the hours for England’s magnificent but restless Tudor queen...But Lucy is no ordinary teenager –...
View ArticleBook review: Scholastic Children’s Books summer selection
Summer has arrived and a new selection of Scholastic children’s books is guaranteed to bring an extra ray of sunshine.From tots to teens, there are books to banish boredom, entertain, excite and...
View ArticleBook review: The Perfect Location by Kate Forster
Picture it ... a Hollywood film crew on location in the gorgeous Tuscan countryside, wall-to-wall Italian sunshine and three A-list actresses with suitcases full of designer clothes and enough...
View ArticleBook review: The History Room by Eliza Graham
Curiouser and curiouser, Alice in Wonderland would have remarked if she had wandered through the intriguing plotlines in Eliza Graham’s haunting new novel.The History Room is a clever and compelling...
View ArticleLions host sale event
DRIFFIELD Lions are holding a sale from Thursday July 5 to Saturday July 7 in Bishop to Queen on Middle Street North from 10am to 4pm to fund vital commuinity work.If anyone has any unwanted gifts,...
View ArticleBook review: Parade’s End by Ford Madox Ford
Hailed as ‘possibly the greatest 20th-century novel in English,’ Ford Madox Ford’s brilliantly original series of four books, Parade’s End, has been republished in time for BBC2’s much-anticipated...
View ArticleBook review: The Cadaver Game by Kate Ellis
The amazing Kate Ellis and her cerebral black detective Wesley Peterson are becoming a ‘force’ to be reckoned with...THE Cadaver Game is the 16th novel in the Liverpool-born author’s cleverly...
View ArticleBook review: Herring on the Nile by L.C.Tyler
What’s your ‘tipple’ this holiday reading season ... crime, mystery, comedy?If it’s all three, picking up the latest in L.C.Tyler’s joyously entertaining ‘Herring’ series could prove the perfect...
View ArticleThousands flock to Sledmere House, East Yorkshire, for Tribfest 2012 - the...
Sledmere rang with music at the weekend as the village played host to Tribfest - a huge and influential music festival dedicated to the work of tribute bands.Organisers said there were more than 4,000...
View ArticlePie spy a gold medal
Costello’s Bakery based in Driffield has been presented with a coveted two-star Gold Great Taste Award for its rabbit pie.Costello’s Bakery is a family run craft bakery, producing homemade cakes, pies,...
View ArticleI’ll have a glass of frozen water with melted ice
BAD things happen in threes.First there was Sodom and Gomorrah, then came the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire.Now it’s Driffield’s turn for a damn good smiting.Look around you.In its hey day,...
View ArticleJewellery set to sparkle
MORE than 100 lots of jewellery, watches and coins will go under the hammer at Dee Atkinson and Harrison’s autumn Fine Art and Antiques auction on Friday September 14.The sale contains just under 600...
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