AFTER working in local newspapers for all of my adult life I can honestly say that these great British institutions are populated by some of the most interesting, witty, intelligent and tenacious people you could hope to meet.Read
DA Sandro has to be one of the oldest restaurants in Huddersfield – or perhaps to coin a more politically correct phrase these days, one of the most well-established.Read
THEY say we may get some snow this week. Great. After last week’s sunshine I’d switched into full-on springtime mode and now it looks like the heavy coats are coming back out.Read
From a silk embroidered Edwardian gown to a modern-day Goth-inspired creation, every wedding dress in a collection to be shown in Meltham during the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations tells its own story. Hilarie Stelfox went along for a sneak previewRead
SUMMER holidays are fantastic aren’t they? The tang of sea air, the sound of ice gently plinking in a glass as it’s filled up with something that hits the spot, the foreign supermarkets with strangely-named products.Read
Age is no obstacle to taking up a new hobby or even a new career as 72-year-old Tim Burnay has proved by launching himself as a Yorkshire landscape painter. As the UK population now has an average life expectancy of 80, the retirement years offer plenty of opportunity for learning new skills. HILARIE STELFOX reportsRead
FAIR play to my friend Paul for making the following suggestion on Twitter: “There should be separate lanes at the petrol stations for people who actually need fuel and idiots who are panic buying.”Read
GOING to a funeral can be educational. The first thing I discovered was that someone had taken in the waistband of the trousers of my wedding and funeral suit to such an extent that I found it difficult to fasten.Read
DEWSBURY is in the outer-lands of Kirklees, a part of the mystical Heavy Woollen District which had me baffled for ages when I first arrived in this area 40 years ago.Read
EASTER is almost here, and with the beginning of the school holidays families willbe looking for days out and free things to do at Easter 2012 in Huddersfield and WestYorkshire.Read
