Wool gathering of a northern dean

Sunday trading is back in the news again.   The coalition Government promised that the current relaxation of the Sunday trading laws would b...

So how was it for you?   Have you had a good Olympics?  Have we?  Well, so that is that. Now we must dismantle the tree, Putting the ...

I admit it: I was sceptical.   The more the BBC ramped up the hyperbole in the countdown to the opening ceremony, the less inclined I was to...

I have been away on a kind of retreat.   I spent four days last week in a sunny, airy environment being well looked after by a kind team of ...

Today the Miners’ Gala has taken place in Durham.   The ‘Big Meeting’ has been an annual fixture in the Durham calendar since 1871.   O...

My wife and I have been to a one-day international cricket match today: England v Australia.   It is good for County Durham that the Riversi...

It’s been graduation week in Durham.   The peninsula has been a kaleidoscope of colour as academic staff and graduating students don ...