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  • COLUMN: Catching a glimpse of ‘clockwork toys’

    AS a wildlife artist, I receive countless commissions to paint a favourite mammal or bird, but I am very rarely given instructions as to the landscape in the background. But last year I asked to paint oystercatchers on the beach at Craster Harbour

  • COLUMN: Spring - and the bees - are in the air

    SPRING is in the air and so are our bees. Most of their hives are sheltered in the wood, but a couple are sited in our paddock. Those bees, close to home, are making the most of my pots of flowers sited around the yard. Before now these pots have

  • LETTERS: Please support our farmers in Ryedale

    AS we are all adjusting to revised social and economic conditions, I would ask your readers to remember the role the farmers in Ryedale have to play. British farmers are proud to produce high quality food with a low carbon footprint and high animal

  • Story appeal of people living through coronavirus crisis

    A KIRKBYMOORSIDE group is appealing for residents to help with a “living through history” project. During the Second World War, a project to record the everyday lives of people was launched, a project which was turned into a TV film featuring Victoria