Reflecting on a superb holiday… READERS Martin and Jayne Cannon took Reflections with them on holiday to one of a small group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean – Boa Vista –…
Vivienne looks at the work of impressionists at home and abroad – and the tidy sums their paintings still demand. The work of the impressionists continues to be popular, despite current trends…
Derbyshire’s largest colliery had more than its share of mining disasters – with the worst exactly 80 years ago – as Steve Brown recalls. TRAVELLERS speeding through North Derbyshire on the M1…
As a clinical psychologist, Anne Goodwin helped people to acknowledge their own life stories. Now she is bringing mental health issues to a wider audience through her thought-provoking fiction, as Fiona Stubbs…
Godfrey Holmes fondly recalls his friend and mentor, Alec Woodward Sherwood (1912-2002), one of Chesterfield’s finest photographers – and a founding member of the Youth Hostelling Association. I WILL REMEMBER Alec Sherwood:…
A band from Matlock is destined for great things this year. Sam Wilmot from Patawawa talks to Catherine Roth about music, inspiration and hopes of big time success. PATAWAWA are enjoying growing…
Steve Brown meets the former computer lecturer now full-time photographer whose landscape images are simply stunning. AS A ‘HAPPY SNAPPER’ of landscapes when out walking in the countryside, I’ve always taken an…
IF YOU fancy something that’s a cut above your usual cup of English breakfast tea, then Northern Tea Merchants (www.northern-tea.com) is the place to head for. The Pogson family started selling tea…
