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Gallery with an eye for talent

Sheana Eccles with some of Frank Paul’s drawings

12:11pm Monday 6th February 2012

Many well-known contemporary artists have found their way out into the world through the windows of a gallery in Gillygate, York, as JO HUGHES discovers.

Vinyl frontier

Hamish MacDiarmid, director of The Sound Organisation

12:17pm Saturday 4th February 2012

Vinyl records are making a comeback. Is it because of a hunger for the past, a love of album cover artwork – or simply a recognition that they sounded better all along? DANIEL BIRCH and STEPHEN LEWIS report

Windows on York’s history

A view of York Minster in 1912

9:15am Friday 3rd February 2012

Housed in an oak cabinet at the Minster Library is a unique assemblage of old photographs of York. STEPHEN LEWIS trawls through the Evelyn Collection – and remembers the man whose legacy it is.

Picture the skyline

The wheel seen from the station by The Press photographer Anthony Chappel-Ross

9:14am Thursday 2nd February 2012

IT took its time. The return of the Big Wheel to York was hampered by bats, flooding fears and rows over the impact it would have on the city.

Grand designs on science

Professor Tony Robards, at the Innovation Centre, holding an image from this year’s York Science and Innovation Grand Tour

10:45am Wednesday 1st February 2012

A new outdoor exhibition this summer will use startling images to showcase the world-leading research taking place in York. STEPHEN LEWIS reports on the York Science and Innovation Grand Tour.

Seaside’s natural beauty is stylish treasure trove

Karen Thomas in the workshop of her Heworth home

11:31am Tuesday 31st January 2012

Shells and pebbles from Filey Bay are the inspiration for the latest works by York jeweller Karen Thomas.

Lulu’s sparkling return to York

Lulu meets her fans during her visit to Fenwick, York, last year

11:29am Tuesday 31st January 2012

Lulu loved York so much she is coming back for more – and this time she's bringing champagne and cakes. MAXINE GORDON has the story.

Should the council quit the Guildhall?

York's Guildhall

12:32pm Monday 30th January 2012

The Guildhall has been the symbolic heart of local democracy in York for centuries. Could that be about to change – and would it matter if it did? STEPHEN LEWIS reports.

Choc around the clock

Chocolates on display in The Cocoa House in York

11:27am Saturday 28th January 2012

MAXINE GORDON meets the woman who aims to turn York into a chocolate city again.

When life is a juggling act

Contact juggler Steve Bullen shows off his moves in Museum Gardens

10:44am Saturday 28th January 2012

York’s Magic Ball Man will be taking to the streets this weekend during York Residents Festival. He gives STEPHEN LEWIS a crash course in the art of contact juggling.

A chance to enjoy our city during York Residents Festival

The Wheel of York with York Minster in the background

9:45am Friday 27th January 2012

It’s time again to explore York’s top attractions for free. MATT CLARK looks at what’s on offer

Day my steam dreams came true

Natalya prepares to climb on board

8:54am Thursday 26th January 2012

At some stage in their childhood, it is the dream of of every young boy – and some girls – to be a steam loco driver. NATALYA WILSON, whose grandad is one of the founder members of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, gets to experience what it is like

Joyce Pickard’s life of war and peace

Joyce Pickard

9:24am Wednesday 25th January 2012

For decades, Joyce Pickard has been speaking out against war, inequality and injustice. STEPHEN LEWIS meets a remarkable 90-year-old.

How to go back to work

Rachel Martin and Michaela Oldfield

11:52am Tuesday 24th January 2012

Going back to work after having a baby is never easy. MAXINE GORDON meets two women who can help young mothers on their way


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Columnists

Regrets, I’ve had a few...

Sue Nelson

12:07pm Monday 6th February 2012

IF I had my time over again... How many times do we say this in our lifetime? Loads, I bet. I know I do. While like Edith Piaf, there are times when je ne regrette rien, there are others when I wish things had been oh so very different.

Tax system is in need of repair and reform

Julian Sturdy

9:32am Friday 3rd February 2012

This week, research from the Taxpayers’ Alliance found that the average British family will pay £656,000 in tax over their lifetime – a staggering amount of money.

Spare us the US party posturing

Megi Rychlikova

9:17am Friday 3rd February 2012

Why oh why do the media believe we want to hear all about internal party elections of the great US of A?


Readers' letters

Why not base NHS on German model?

11:58am Monday 6th February 2012

The Coalition Government is trying to radically alter the NHS, save money and make things more efficient and customer friendly.

Simple solution for Clifton Green

11:53am Monday 6th February 2012

YOUR correspondent KA Roworth (Letters, January 25) suggests that cutting back the hedges at Clifton Green which encroach on the footpath would provide sufficient space, with the removal of the cobbles, for a filter lane for cars and room for cyclists.

Ratcliffes sought

11:54am Monday 6th February 2012

I AM looking for ancestors who lived in Yorkshire and Lancashire.

Global warming answer please

11:55am Monday 6th February 2012

GRAHAM SMITH penned an interesting letter in The Press of February 2, but as usual with regard to global warming his quotes were somewhat one-sided.


Fundraising Fun

£25,000 donation to Sadie Rose Appeal

9:11am Tuesday 7th February 2012

AN anonymous donation of £25,000 has put a campaign to help a seriously ill two-year-old one step closer to achieving its goal.

Celebrities pitch in to raise money for Thomas Cammack's cancer treatment

Thomas Cammack: Strong character

9:08am Tuesday 7th February 2012

THE campaign to send a four-year-old cancer sufferer to America for potentially life-saving treatment has received celebrity endorsement.


Health & Wellbeing

New investment brings benefits to breast patients

7:54am Tuesday 7th February 2012

BREAST surgery patients in Scarborough can once again be treated closer to home thanks to a major investment at the town’s hospital.


History

Holgate Windmill history talk

Richard Helstrip left, Master of the York Gild of Freemen, and Richard Green, of the Holgate Windmill Preservation Trust, at the mill

8:21am Tuesday 7th February 2012

PEOPLE who want to find out more about Holgate Windmill are being invited to a public talk in its history and the background to its restoration.


Eco Info

Weekly collections policy is ‘binned’

7:56am Tuesday 7th February 2012

COUNCILS across North Yorkshire have turned their back on the Government’s flagship policy for weekly bin collections.



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