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The Mystery Plays return to York
The Mystery Plays return to York In September 2018, York will once again host a performance of the Corpus Christi Cycle of plays, better known as the Mystery Plays. The tradition of the plays dates to the 14th C and this year promises to be a ‘moving’ experience in more ways than one. The Plays would originally have been performed to coincide with one of the most important Christian... Read more
The ‘Glorious Twelfth’
The ‘Glorious Twelfth’ – 12th August Britain’s 121-day-long grouse shooting season always begins on August 12th each year. It has been an integral part of the countryside calendar for decades, although having once been an aristocratic hobby, it’s increasingly at the centre of rows over animal cruelty and class. Here’s some facts about the so-called... Read more
Egton Bridge Gooseberry Show
Egton Bridge Gooseberry Show – 8th August 2018 Nestled deep in the North York Moors National Park, but only eight miles from the delightful seaside town of Whitby, is the picturesque village of Egton Bridge, a small settlement alongside the tranquil River Esk and owing its name to the coming of the railway in the nineteenth century. But stretching further back than the arrival of the... Read more
The Secrets of Silkstone
If I ask you to think of a picturesque area in England with rolling countryside, stately churches and mansions and an abundance of reminders of the past South Yorkshire may not be the first to spring to mind. And yet this part of the country has all those – as yet largely undiscovered. One of my favourite spots to visit is Silkstone near Barnsley. The village is home to Pot House Hamlet,... Read more