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Spring is in the Air… and on the Menu at The Ashford Arms

Nestled in the idyllic village of Ashford in the Water, The Ashford Arms is a…

Wardens at Edale, 1954. Picture: Peak District National Park Authority (Colourised for effect)

75 Years of the People’s Park

On 17th April 1951, the Peak District became the UK’sfirst national park. Fiona Stubbs explores…

Phil Sproson and Peaklass, Suzanne Howard

Licence to shoot

Photographers Suzanne Howard– professionallyknown as Peaklass – and Phil Sproson have built careers through their…

The Old Bank, Matlock by Zoe Woodward Interior Design

Bringing Timeless Elegance to The Old Bank, Matlock with 16 stylish apartments

When RBSL embarked on the ambitious transformation of the former Royal Bank of Scotland building…

One of Sara’s designs adorns a cushion in the sitting room of her Peak District cottage

The fabric of the countryside

As Sara Kirby developed her range of hand-printed textiles – drawn from the natural world…

A Home away from home

For years, Gillian and Russell Scotford were unable to find holiday accommodation to meet the…

A Taste of Spring

With chef Tomasz Zajko at Bank House, Hathersage. A rich, slow-cooked lamb lasagna, layered with…

An explosion of colour

April has arrived and it is the peak of tulip season in the garden. Tracy…

Reflections Rewind – April 2006

Is it just us who thinks 2006 doesn’t seem that long ago? Yet, incredibly, two…

Pat and her elephant friend searching for treats!

It was grand

From the set to the page – after 45 years working with the most unlikely…

Ben Dalton in training for his Peak District challenge

Peak of endurance … conquering the Ethels in just 10 days

Intrepid Ben Dalton sets out this month on an epic challenge, tackling each of the…

A Chinese famille verte brush pot, 12 cms high, made £700 in the recent auction.

£700 for a plant pot!

By Vivienne Milburn FRICS Independent Antiques Auctioneer & Valuer The market for antique silver items…

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WASPI women shouldn’t have to wait…

Angela Madden of Wadshelf, is the national chair of Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI).…

Peak Ales Competition

Celebrating our distillery and brewery now being on one site, we are giving away a…

YoungIdeas, Harris Wharf Double Breasted Coat

Barbour Deanna Dress Inspired by ‘70s silhouettes, the Barbour Deanna Sleeveless Shift Dress brings timeless glamour and versatility to your edit. This A-line style features a neutral houndstooth print and is perfect…

Fancy a pilgrimage?

WHILE pilgrimages may sound as much a part of history as the Black Death and…

The Peacock at Rowsley: Sitting Proudly for nearly 400 years!

Originally known as Rowsley Manor, The Peacock at Rowsley had been built as a residence for John Stevenson, a steward on the Haddon Hall Estate, whose name is carved in the semi-circular…

The Antiques Roadshow presenter, Fiona Bruce, delved into the history of Cromford Mills, for the episode on September 1.

Watch out for more episodes from Cromford Mills!

TOP BBC programme, The Antiques Roadshow, filmed at Cromford Mills on May 28 – which…

The Hope Valley Vineyard, high above Hathersage. Picture by Fiona Stubbs.

Raising a toast to Derbyshire wines

Move over Bordeaux, Marlborough and Mendoza English wines are enjoying a major moment. And, as…

A wall in the Aspire Creative salon, created by Gina.

Walls have never looked so good, thanks to Gina!

Walls never looked so good! Artist Gina Watkinson tells Dawn Anderson about her unique artwork. USUALLY I end up meeting artists in their studios or workshops, but this time I met Gina…

A pair of 18th Century Chinese meiping vases, decorated in colours with a figure attended to in bed. They made £4,550 in a recent auction – ten times the original estimate.

China to Derbyshire – and now back to China!

THE strength of the market for Asian items such as porcelain and works of art…

The cast of Mountains of the Moon, from left, Drew Sinclair as Bat; Rachel Roberts as Owl; Laura Mae Mellor as Monkey; Eddie Waller as Gecko; and Simon Lewington as Camel.

Don’t miss this musical the half-term

If a ukelele-playing gecko and a flamboyant bat can’t make you smile, then a mischievous…

Bringing a casualty off a stretch of Peak District moorland.

A local mountain rescue team has 62 active volunteers

One of the first of the Peak District Mountain Rescue Teams is celebrating its 60th…

Matlock Bath railway station closed in 1967, and was reopened in 1972.

The decimation of Derbyshire’s railways in the sixties

Godfrey Holmes laments Baron Beeching’s decimation of our railways long after Labour came into power…

A LiDAR image (laser imaging, detection, and ranging) showing a line of cairns, in the middle of the image) that are hidden by bracken on the Peak District moors. The traditional way of finding and mapping these features would be a walked survey but it’s very time consuming and difficult to achieve amongst all of the vegetation. This survey located more features than had been previously identified because of the innovative methodology employed.

To dig or not to dig? That is the question

When it comes to archaeology, ground-breaking can be as literal as it is figurative. Bakewell…

Rhiannon Hammond-Wright cleaning a stove.

Women in what used to be men-only jobs…

Women are increasingly doing what used to be male-only jobs, and Barrie Farnsworth talks to…

Eddie Weightman (15) won the Youth Cadets national championship at the Derbyshire BikeTrial Centre above Wirksworth.

Derbyshire’s teenage world champions

Nicky Crompton meets a couple of teenage world champions on the edge of Wirksworth! ON…

Oxtail-stuffed Doughnuts and Blue Cheese Sauce

OUR signature dish this month comes from Charlie Uwins, the head chef of The Scotsman’s…

Highlow Hall, near Hathersage, has been called ‘the most haunted house in Derbyshire’.

Derbyshire has more than its share of ghosts and ghouls

It’s that time of year when the lanterns are lit and attention turns towards all…

A Culinary Journey at the Riverside

Idyllic and irresistibly quaint, “Rafters” at the Riverside House Hotel is a 14-bedroom Restaurant with…

Fashion

Rosemary Cape, £139, and Melody Scarf, £34.95, Barbour. Available at Barbour.com

Layering logic

Embrace the layers as we step into autumn for a smart solution to those weather wardrobe woes, says Amy Norbury. AUTUMN’S arrival rarely announces itself with certainty. One moment, there’s a chill…

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