In this month’s spotlight on wellbeing, I would like to focus on ‘connection’. Research consistently shows that connecting with others…

A health and wellbeing hub for the local community Here at The Place in Settle we host, support and run…

Dementia can take you by surprise. We all expect to forget things as we age but when your partner forgets where…

I guess most outdoorsy folk will be familiar with the ubiquitous triangulation (trig) pillars scattered across the hilltops of Britain….

It was a sunny day when I first set eyes on Arcow Quarry. I had been sent by Tarmac from…

Ten Banyulsiens arrived by minibus from Manchester airport on the evening of Wednesday, May 22 and, as you’d expect, headed…

I am welcoming the warmer dryer weather. I found the just passed Early May Bank Holiday weekend was joyful for…

The last few years I have been giving Talks via Zoom to promote book-borrowing from Settle library. Amongst my selections,…

History through two prisms No, I haven’t misspelt “Queeney” – that is correct spelling of the nickname of a well-bred…

I left my polyp in C Block, Airedale (Eat your polyp out, Tony Bennett!) by Ian Gray I’ve always been…