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That Natural touch

WHILE the HOST open studio trail was in progress last weekend I took the opportunity to visit Robert Norbury and Jean Bashford, partners in New Natural Photography in Coniston Road, Meltham. Read

Light and shade in Dark’s true story

WE might have expected that a play about the life of a black DJ on the rap and hip hop scene of south London would have a fairly heavy dose of urban alienation. Read

Bride of the year 2009

TODAY we’re launching a search for The Examiner’s Beautiful Bride of 2009. Read

Want to rent my drive? Parking mad?

Would you consider renting off your driveway as a car park? Some do, such is the pressure to find affordable and easy parking. ANDREW BALDWIN reports Read

John Avison: Alphonse missed out

A CHAP called Alphonse Bear de Rochas could be said to be the father of the internal combustion engine. Read

John Avison: Model history of our motor cars

‘There’s a kind of art in car design’ Read

What a line-up we have for our Literary Lunch!

WE’VE got a few tickets left for the Examiner’s Literary Lunch next week and this is your last chance to buy one. Read

Training days

ANYONE wonder why teachers seem to have so many training days? Read

Hilarie: Pat’s now my action hero

POSTMAN PAT and I are old friends. We got to know each other quite well when the Offspring were young and blessed with time clocks that sprang them out of their beds at 5.30am – or before. Read

Hilarie: That itchy feeling

EVEN writing the words ‘head louse’ makes me feel itchy. But not as itchy as the discovery a few years ago that we had a family infestation. Read

Cycle ride: Along the Don

Latest in our series of cycle rides devised by MEL GIBSON, of Meltham, a founder of the Kirklees Cycling Forum. Read

Hippie shake-down in Hair

IT was a year when marijuana smoke floated in the air and kaftans swished along the pavement. Read

National awards for station’s new use as a holiday retreat

IT’S an ideal retreat for a railway buff or for someone who simply loves beautiful surroundings. Read

Hilarie: So, why does the cat drink out of the loo?

IF YOU’VE ever wondered why your cat will drink out of the toilet, dirty puddle, garden pond, in fact anywhere except the clean bowl provided in the kitchen, then I have the answer for you. Read

Ferry nice way to go Dutch

THERE was a time when my wife and I found that occasionally flying off to Europe for a short break served as the perfect palliative for jaded palates and business-weary brows. Read

Let’s have straight answers for NHS critics

So where do you go to complain about the NHS? JEAN LORRIMAN, of the Huddersfield and District Pensioners’ Association, is as confused as anyone – and makes an impassioned plea for the return of the Community Health Councils Read