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A plume of strawberry scented e-vapour lingers behind me as I try to get the perfect candid picture of my cat, Pawdery Hepburn, to pop on Instagram. Behind me, my boyfriend’s screaming into his headphones because the game he’s playing, Fortnite, keeps on lagging. I take a break from this millennial utopia, and head to […]

Howard Mosley-Chalk is a father and a husband. But more importantly he is a man. These are his (un)manly words. Recently a rich woman had a baby and many people got excited about it. I am of course talking about the birth of William and Kate’s (AKA the Duke and Princess of… I don’t know…) […]

As we explained in our June issue magazine feature about Carers’ Week (11th-17th June), our dear city is blessed by the presence of Healthwatch; an independent organisation that keeps on eye on the running of local health and care services. If, as a carer, you feel you have been treated unfairly or overlooked by those […]

Just prior to the opening of this year’s Festival of Ideas, for which the author will perform a musical reading of his novel The Mozart Question, we caught up with Michael Morpurgo, writer of War Horse and many more famous books. Originally from St Albans, during his decades-long career as an author, playwright, and librettist, […]

In a new monthly column, our resident Canadian, E. Anne Dawson, explores York’s cultural side and shares her thoughts. This month she visited Spark:York. Pray silence…   There’s been a buzz of equal parts interest and disdain vibrating through the social media ether of York for nearly a year now. ‘Tearing down a relic’, some […]

Oliver Phelps, best known for playing George Weasley in the Harry Potter films, talks to us about swapping magic for murder as he makes his stage debut in The Case Of The Frightened Lady. What can you tell us about The Case Of The Frightened Lady? The Case Of The Frightened Lady is a thrilling […]

Just prior to him coming to York to both unveil a plaque dedicated to Ken Dodd, and to perform his current stand up show, Howard grabbed five minutes with comedian Tim Vine, AKA the Sunset Milk Idiot. Tim: Yello Howard: Hi, is that Tim Vine? T: It is. H: Hi Tim, it’s Howard calling from […]

Ask a New Yorker if they’ve ever visited the Statue of Liberty and you might be surprised to hear that they haven’t. But surely all ‘Old’ Yorkers have made the most of their city’s iconic heritage and walked the entirety of the medieval walls, right? If you never have, come on – let’s walk the […]

A recent trip to the Yorkshire Museum got me thinking about how I’m treating the world I live in. Spoiler alert: If the world and I were mates, I would be a bad mate. We’ve all been fascinated and horrified by BBC’s Blue Planet II, while learning more about the amazing creatures that live in […]

Dan Tait delivers his thoughts on local, national, and international sporting clashes. Pray silence. Its been difficult to work out whether the association of York and the Shambles is just attributed to the cobbled streets or whether it extends the off-field chaos at York City Football Club. Since my last column so much has happened […]

Ask Chris Brown from Browns Nurseries Q. Could you recommend some plants for summer hanging baskets and patio planters, please? Also, do you have any tips for looking after them? A. These days, the choice of plants is fantastic, as most plants I am about to mention come in a wide variety of colours and […]

Howard Mosley-Chalk is a father and a husband. But more importantly he is a man. These are his (un)manly words. I think it was Steve Martin who starred in the film Cheaper by the Dozen; I’m not sure, as I refuse to watch anything with Steve Martin in it that was made after 1992 and […]

As seen by Rachel Ragg. Telling the truth is, as we never tire of saying to our children, very important. However bad your misdemeanour, it can only be made worse by lying. When I was a child, my father used to tell us the salutary tale of George Washington and the Cherry Tree, evidently in […]

Tony Chalcroft gives us the lowdown on our gardens Fresh asparagus, or sparrow grass as it was known to me as a child, is one of the treats of late April and May. Now produced commercially around York for supermarkets, it’s also available at local farm shop outlets. You might think this widespread availability a […]

The area around Hungate is changing faster than any other part of the city. So, to savour this (crane-filled) time, we take a wander around Hungate and St Saviourgate to see what we can see. 1, We start on the corner of Stonebow and Garden Place. What is the name of the car park to […]