Wool gathering of a northern dean

It is immensely heartening that in the latest round of awards, the Heritage Lottery Fund is supporting Durham and Peterborough Cathedrals. W...

Earlier this year I attended a ceremony to mark the 500 th anniversary of the Battle of Flodden in 1513. It’s a stone’s throw from the Rive...

Lumière has come and gone. Durham’s festival of light brought 175000 people into the city over four dark winter nights. The city was filled ...

I’ve read a couple of articles during the past week by people who have fallen out of love with the poppy. I don’t mean the flower itself, bu...

Last week we went to Sheffield to see The Winter's Tale . The Crucible Theatre has a thrust stage and we had seats close to it. It alway...

A few days ago a fellow priest tweeted that she was having a tough time in the parish because she was finding herself criticised and misunde...

I walked into the town centre today. The streets of Durham were thronged with young people enjoying an afternoon out in the balmy October ai...