ALAS there will be no Linda Combi calendar for 2016 but the York artist promises one for 2017, so start counting down the days from now.

"I had an exhibition at Pocklington Arts Centre in June and July, which left it all rather late to get on with the 2016 calendar," says Linda. "I had to think long and hard about shelving it, but knew I wouldn't do justice to it, given the time and energy constraints."

Next year, Linda will work on a calendar for 2017. "I'll be widening the theme to rather quirky British treasures and I'm in the process of coming up with ideas for that," she says. "So now with renewed energy and the whole of Britain to play with, I'm ready to go."

Linda's calendars for 2014 and 2015 depicted delightfully quirky scenes and events in the York year with equally quirky captions.