Category: Columns

Well, Christmas is just around the corner, or so the tv is telling us already. (I swear the adverts get earlier every year!) I’d love to say that the Christmas cheer is spreading around our football club right now, but I can only say that it sadly isn’t the case as I write this column.  […]

For details of private readings phone James on 01423 339770 or email jcp@magepublishing.co.uk. ARIES March 21 – April 19 For your November horoscope, I suggested that you might go a bit OTT, and if you did, well, December is a good chill-out month in which you can gain some equilibrium. Okay, I know you’ve got […]

This short and flat walk includes a stretch by the River Foss, fringes Strensall Common and traverses a Yorkshire Wildlife Trust (YWT) nature reserve. Much of the route is on hard-surfaced paths, but the crossing of the nature reserve may be wet. It can be avoided by keeping ahead at Point 8 in the directions […]

By the time you read this, the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow will either be underway or about to start. With this in mind, it seems a good time to consider small scale fruit and vegetable growing in relation to the climate emergency, especially the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions. It’s often taken […]

Things are looking up on the pitch for all of York City’s teams says resident sports writer and York City F. C. fan, Simon Pattinson, but off the pitch, it could be better. So it feels like nothing has changed in terms of York City this month. The Supporters Trust members voted in a motion […]

Menfulness Calling all York men! Are you looking for some company in a light-hearted, friendly environment? Menfulness brings blokes together to socialise, exercise, talk, and let off steam in a supportive environment. Lead by five guys from York who, like most of us, have struggled with mental health, they found strength in opening up with […]

Time 3½ to 4 hours 8 miles This walk links two of the Wolds highest villages through a route that takes in several of the area’s characteristic deep valleys as well as field paths and a quiet stretch of road. Nearly two thirds of the walk follows the Wolds Way long distance footpath so the […]

For details of private readings phone James on 01423 339770 or email jcp@magepublishing.co.uk. ARIES March 21 – April 19 Putting it bluntly, not a lot happening in November – nothing very exciting anyway. This might be a blessing for some, but most Arians are going to feel very claustrophobic, hemmed in by mundanity, and bored […]

It has been a slow start to the National League North season for York City. The pressure is on Steve Watson to succeed this year as the first three games ended in defeat for the Minstermen. It hasn’t been the start fans wanted to see after what was a successful pre-season. The optimism was soon […]

1. Acomb Afternoon Townswomen’s Guild  Ladies, are you looking for a way to socialise and make new friends? You might want to join Acomb Afternoon Townswomen’s Guild! The group has monthly meetings and enjoy listening to speakers, supporting local good causes, going out to lunches and going on outings. For more information, call Jo on […]

Fly Me to the Zoom By Anne McLaren Sian and Charlie move in together at the start of the U.K. coronavirus lockdown and soon get engaged.The wedding company Fly me to the Zoom, promise a virtual marriage, a virtual vicar and bridal couple icing-models in their own plastic box.To Sian, Instagram is everything. She regularly […]

For details of private readings phone: 01423 339770Email: jcp@magepublishing.co.uk ARIES March 21 – April 19 Quite a bright and cheerful month! Nice feelings of satisfaction when you review recently made decisions and realise that they have been the right ones, quiet feelings of confidence and satisfaction when you check bank balances, and some easy-going feelings of […]

Distance: 8 Miles – Time: 4 Hours This almost entirely flat walk heads south from York Millennium Bridge, skirting Fulford to take tracks and a quiet lane to Naburn. From there, it crosses the River Ouse which is then followed, apart from a short stretch, all the way back to the starting point. The route […]

The Squirrel’s Trail at York Museum Gardens Follow this ten-point trail around the beautiful Museum Gardens and learn fascinating facts about the artefacts, trees and buildings that you come across. Fun fact The trail was devised by students Alex Burton, Rachel Long, Ash Walker and Jodie Whitley from Archbishop Holgate’s School as part of a […]

By Tony Chalcraft As I write in the last days of July, four or so weeks before you’re likely to be reading this, the first signs of blight are evident on the leaves of a few of the potato plants. Potato blight, or more accurately late blight (Latin name Phytophthora infestans), is a fungal disease […]