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Why there’s a real art to prints from Tokyo
10:55am Monday 20th May 2013
There’s more to Japanese prints than courtesans, actors and warriors as MATT CLARK discovers at a gallery in the heart of York.
Caroline Charles: Still swinging 50 years on
12:24pm Saturday 18th May 2013
Caroline Charles dressed the stars of the Sixties. MATT CLARK finds out what keeps her going 50 years on.
Fashion statements at York College
12:17pm Saturday 18th May 2013
York College fashion students hit the catwalk next week with their end of term collections. MAXINE GORDON goes behind the scenes for a sneak preview • Pictures: Garry Atkinson.
Virtual museum set up to mark International Museum Day
11:22am Friday 17th May 2013
Images of some of York’s finest historic and prehistoric artifacts will be posted on Facebook from tomorrow in a ‘virtual museum’ being set up to mark International Museum Day. STEPHEN LEWIS reports
Press photographer shortlisted for prestigious award
11:12am Friday 17th May 2013
THIS colourful image of an art installation featuring umbrellas over Clifford’s Tower caught the imagination of judges in the Regional Press Awards who have shortlisted The Press photographer Frank Dwyer for a prestigious award.
Dam fine achievement by Bomber Command
8:42am Thursday 16th May 2013
Seventy years ago, British airmen took part in one of the most audacious bombing raids of the second world war – the Dambusters. Without realising it, a young WAAF officer helped 617 Squadron prepare for the raid. Barbara Dallas is now 90 and living in York. MATT CLARK reports on the raid that captured the imagination – then and now
Restaurant critic Jay Rayner lays down his food manifesto
12:07pm Wednesday 15th May 2013
Jay Rayner describes himself as “a greedy man in a hungry world”. The Observer restaurant critic is unlikely to stay hungry for long in Malton this weekend for the Food Lovers Festival. He speaks to STEPHEN LEWIS
How to present a flawless face
11:15am Tuesday 14th May 2013
MAXINE GORDON goes in search of a ‘flawless face’ , with a little help from make-up artist Trevor O’Keeffe
Why it’s a City life for Sophie
11:47am Monday 13th May 2013
York City’s first season back in the Football League was a real roller-coaster. The club’s communications director Sophie Hicks spoke to STEPHEN LEWIS about the season’s ups and downs.
A trial in itself
8:59am Saturday 11th May 2013
Reporter Richard Catton was called up for jury service – and found it’s nothing like on TV
Getting ready to head for the hills
10:20am Friday 10th May 2013
RUTH CAMPBELL didn’t realise she was an accident waiting to happen until she met walking expert Mark Reid. Now, armed with a map and a compass, she is ready to head for the hills.
York Hospital boss warns of impact of NHS funding cuts
9:31am Thursday 9th May 2013
At a recent health scrutiny meeting, York Hospital boss Patrick Crowley launched into an outspoken warning about the impact of cuts in health funding. He spoke afterwards to STEPHEN LEWIS
The York man who is helping to rescue abused girls from the streets of Brazil
11:21am Wednesday 8th May 2013
ANDY Roberts was 4,500 miles from home when he heard the story that would change his life. It was the story of one family but it was representative of hundreds more.
On border patrol with the collies
10:05am Wednesday 8th May 2013
Border collies are lovely, intelligent dogs – but they don’t always make the ideal family pet. STEPHEN LEWIS visits a rescue centre near York that aims to find a new home for dogs that have proved too much of a handful as pets
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Columnists
The size of it...
10:47am Monday 20th May 2013
STAND back in amazement! A woman who wears size 16 clothes has been photographed in a bikini for a high street fashion chain. Good heavens, whatever next…
My first cuckoo? Nigel Lawson...
11:04am Friday 17th May 2013
HERE’S a novelty. ‘Tweet of the Day’ isn’t actually a tweet – as in a pithy pronouncement in 140 characters or less on social networking site Twitter – but a real soundclip of birdsong on BBC Radio 4.
An acronym? Not in my back yard!
8:51am Thursday 16th May 2013
WHO wants to be summed up by an acronym? Not me, if the abbreviation in question is NIMBY. Yet sometimes life trips you up that way.
Readers' letters
Alex Ferguson’s good, but he’s not the greatest
8:17am Monday 20th May 2013
I FULLY agree with Dave Barker (Fergie lacks class, Letters, May 14).
Young helpers
8:15am Monday 20th May 2013
ON TUESDAY, May 7, walking out of Agar Street on the corner with Monkgate, my good friend, Don, 82, fell on the uneven footpath.
Upgrades needed
8:16am Monday 20th May 2013
COUN KEITH ORRELL (Letters, May 15) outlines the desperate housing situation.
Wake up and smell the coffee
8:15am Monday 20th May 2013
I WAS bemused to read another letter from a reader who purports to know the mind of the great British public (Letters, May 17).
Fundraising Fun
Rock’n’roll coffee bar in aid of Alzheimer’s Society
10:40am Monday 20th May 2013
A pop-up vintage rock’n’roll coffee bar is being organised by the Alzheimer’s Society in York as part of Dementia Awareness Week.
Teenager's bungee jump to raise money for transplant unit
9:18am Saturday 18th May 2013
A BRAVE youngster will climb 210 steps and jump off a bridge 160 feet high tomorrow to celebrate her 14th birthday and raise money for the transplant unit at Leeds General Infirmary.
Health & Wellbeing
"I had never thought about suffering from prostate cancer"
10:44am Monday 20th May 2013
Prompt treatment appears to have helped Brian Richardson beat prostate cancer, so now he’s running in a bid to raise research cash, as MARK BRANAGAN reports.
History
Memories of school days, parties and trips to coast
11:32am Monday 20th May 2013
WE have an interesting mixed bag of old photos sent in by readers in Yesterday Once More this week.
Eco Info
Yorkshire peatlands restored
8:54am Saturday 18th May 2013
ABOUT 100 square miles of Yorkshire’s precious peatlands have been restored in a multi-million pound project that aims to preserve vital habitats and help cut global warming by reducing the amount of carbon escaping from them into the atmosphere.
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