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Steve Eccles: 40 Years at York Hospital Radio The year 1964 saw the launch of York Hospital Radio – a volunteer-run radio station that broadcasts 24 hour a day to the patients, visitors, and staff at York Hospital. The station plays music around the clock, as well as news, entertainment, and good old chit-chat. It’s […]

In recent years, a small team of people in York have taken part in the International Day of People with Disabilities. This year, the event is the 3rd December, which also happens to fall in Disability History Month. For a third consecutive year, the team are looking for events for the 2018 International Day of […]

The National Autistic Society has awarded The Jorvik Group the Autism Friendly Award, acknowledging the amount of work they’ve put in to improve the experiences of visitors with autism. As well as staff training, the Group’s attractions have introduced a traffic light approach system, and pre-visit resources in the form of visual stories. The Jorvik […]

What have the stars got in store for you? A routine month in many respects without many highs or lows. Life plods on, and if you find any excitement at all, it will be in the little things – like a night at the cinema, or a dinner with friends. Work regimes are steady and […]

The St Nicks Environment Centre houses the green heart charity of York – St Nicks. Their aim is to run events, projects and services that can help to make York more sustainable. Why not get involved in their October events? 13th October AUTUMN FAYRE, 1-5pm. Celebrate nature’s harvest with St Nicks’ Autumn Fayre, including apple […]

Panto season might be approaching, but York legends Berwick Kaler and Martin Barrass are taking to the stage for a very different reason. Sunday 4th November will see our panto heroes commemorating the War Heroes at York Barbican’s Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance – 100 years after the end of World War I. Berwick […]

York Theatre Royal is one of York’s landmarks, having stood proudly in St. Leonard’s Place since 1744. But what about its sister building, the De Grey Rooms?

Yorkshire-based Badapple Theatre Company’s widely-acclaimed World War I play, The Thankful Village, is back on the road this autumn to commemorate 100 years since the end of the Great War. The historical drama tells the story of the war from a female perspective – with an all-female cast – and will tour small venues across […]

The York Cats Protection Adoption Centre based on Huntington Road is holding its annual open day on Saturday 15 September from 12pm to 3pm and everyone’s invited to join in the fun. There will be lots of stalls, games, cakes, drinks and much more – plus, the chance to see and find out how to […]

Colin and Sallie Black, have finally realised a long-held ambition of setting up an art school in York this year. Sallie explained: “We finally resigned from our jobs (after nearly twenty-five years at Leith School of Art for my husband Colin, who’s in his 60s) sold our house in Edinburgh, bought a house in York, […]

Dancer and former Casualty star Richard Winsor talks to us about starring in a new stage production of Saturday Night Fever, coming next year to the Grand Opera House, York. Why did you want to be part of Saturday Night Fever? John Travolta’s performance in the film Saturday Night Fever was what got me dancing […]

Now, most of you will roll your eyes and boldly declare, ‘that’s apples and oranges, my strange Canadian friend. What are you getting at now?’ But you’re not six, and my kid is. And given the choice between an afternoon at Creepy Crawlies or a matinee showing of The Secret Garden at York Theatre Royal, […]

Just prior to them taking over York Theatre Royal in October, we caught up with the theatrical powerhouse couple behind Northern Broadsides latest production. Hello, who are you guys? We are Conrad Nelson and Debbie McAndrew. Conrad is an actor and composer and the Artistic Director of Northern Broadsides. Debbie is an award-winning playwright and […]

Resident ‘Gadget Boy’ Howard takes a look at the month’s news in tech, science, and stuff that he would like people to buy him. Please. (scroll down for this month’s top gadgets)   Trump’s Space Force is go… apparently US President Donald Trump recently announced that he wished to create a wing of the armed […]

Just before taking to the York Theatre Royal stage in The Habit of Art – playing none other than York-born poet W. H. Auden – we caught up for a chat with Mathew Kelly.   What did you know about the play The Habit of Art before you were cast? I haven’t seen the play […]