Book review: The 100 Most Pointless Things in the World by Alexander...
It’s probably pointless to point out... but the whole point of this pointedly pointless new book is that it’s pointless!Christmas is coming and it’s time to start having fun, courtesy of mine hosts...
View ArticleBook review: Winter of the World by Ken Follett
The nights are drawing in and it’s time to pick up the second hefty instalment of Follett’s epic and hugely ambitious Century trilogy. And Winter of the World is a big read on every level... big in...
View ArticleBook review: The Witch and Her Soul by Christine Middleton
Four hundred years after their deaths, the Pendle witches continue to fire the imagination of readers and historians all over the world.The mystery of their alleged dark arts and deeds has spawned...
View ArticleVolunteers wanted
Would be volunteers in Driffield are being asked to roll up their sleeves and get stuck in to volunteering for local children’s charity Barnardo’s. Barnardo’s is offering volunteering opportunities at...
View ArticleBanish the blues bid
Contact the Elderly, the only national charity solely dedicated to tackling loneliness and isolation among older people, is launching an appeal for volunteers living in Driffield to offer a lifeline of...
View ArticleChoose well this winter
It is estimated that up to one in four people who use A&E and 999 services could have been treated more efficiently using other local services, such as pharmacies. During winter, this puts...
View ArticleGhosts are messy eaters because they’re goblin
WINTERS seem colder as people grow older, so I’m glad I no longer have nipples, as this week they would be raw and sore.My chest pegs turned yellow and fell off quite suddenly when I reached 40. All...
View ArticleSewerby wedding
Melina Sissons, a financial controller, and Phillip Stephenson, a roofer, were married at Sewerby Hall and Gardens, accompanied by a string quartet.The bride wore an ivory Sophia Tolli gown and her...
View ArticleMouth cancer screening
Perfect 32 is helping to raise awareness of Mouth Cancer Awareness Week in East Yorkshire by offering free mouth cancer screening from Monday November 12 to Friday November 16, running from 8.30am each...
View ArticleBook review: The Yorkshire Coast by Mark Denton
If you haven’t already been seduced by the beauty and drama of the Yorkshire coast then Mark Denton’s book of stunning photographs is going to see it racing to the top of the must-see British holiday...
View ArticleBook review: An Insomniac’s Guide to the Small Hours by Ysenda Maxtone Graham...
Can’t nod off? Need an entertaining and amusing companion to help you while away those seemingly endless sleepless nights? Help is at hand...Reach out for An Insomniac’s Guide to the Small Hours and...
View ArticleBook review: The Other Half of Me by Morgan McCarthy
Inspired by Fitzgerald, Waugh and the grand mansions featured in The Great Gatsby and Brideshead Revisited, Morgan McCarthy turns Evendon, a rambling 15th century Welsh manor house, into her own...
View ArticleBook review: Christmas is coming at Piccadilly Press
Christmas can’t come too early for kids... and Piccadilly Press have a sack full of ideal book gifts on Santa’s sledge this year!An independent publisher, they have been specialising in teen fiction...
View ArticleGreen Entrepreneurs survey finds vital support lacking in sustainable...
New research on green entrepreneurs by the University of Hull has found that the UK’s sustainable construction sector could miss out on a great opportunity. Respondents to the largest and most in-depth...
View ArticleDriffield old folks tea preparations
THE annual Christmas tea for the senior citizens of Driffield and Little Driffield will take place on Saturday December 8.The event is a unique local custom which stretches back 66 years.The venue for...
View ArticleMr Kenneth James Voase
A service to celebrate the life of Mr Kenneth James Voase, late of Baswick Steer, who died peacefully at Figham House, Beverley, was held in St Mary’s Church, Brandesburton on Friday October 26. He was...
View ArticleBook review: From Lancashire to Yorkshire by Canal by Andrew Hemmings & David...
On July 19 1958, eleven sea cadets and three officers from Lytham Sea Cadet Corps set sail on an exciting and historic journey across England.Using the canals of Lancashire and Yorkshire, the...
View ArticleBook review: Julia Bradbury’s Wainwright Walks
‘The fleeting hour of life of those who love the hills is quickly spent, but the hills are eternal,’ said legendary Lakes fell walker Alfred Wainwright.Twenty-one years after he died, Wainwright’s...
View ArticleBook review: Witch Hunt by Syd Moore
England’s notorious 16th century witch trials cast a shadow far longer than the one which enveloped the people of Pendle in Lancashire.Essex has its own dark history, with over 500 women tried for...
View ArticleBook review: The Secret She Kept by Amelia Carr
Author Amelia Carr doesn’t do things by halves so when she set sail on her latest novel, she literally took to the open seas.The Secret She Kept, a double-layered romantic saga which stretches back...
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