York Inundated: The December 2015 Floods
With water levels already high across the north of England, and in parts of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales – after Storm Desmond in the first week of December brought record rainfalls and...
What’s Hot in York: Dick Whittington (and His Meerkat)
The English pantomime developed out of the commedia dell’arte, a form of theatre that arose in Italy in the 16th century, and was characterised by comic improvisation based on sketches and masked types....
What’s Hot on the First TransPennine Express
What’s hot on the First TransPennine Express is the people, who find themselves rudely pressed together on these trains which even the most overexcited anorak – damp long before he starts sweating – must admit are unfit for...
Supermoon Lunar Eclipse Blurred Out
In the sleeping hours of last Monday along York’s River Ouse, shrugging off the foggy, fuzzing and whirring night air, I attempted to photograph the 2015 supermoon lunar eclipse. I failed – the fog...
What’s Hot in York: Aldi
Aldi UK’s latest advert, which began broadcasting on television screens forgotten by the channel-change or mute buttons a little over a week ago, shows a series of reaction shots filmed in York. And though the...
What’s Hot in York: The Blue Bridge
Walking towards the Blue Bridge in York, all one hears about is the Blue Bridge. Three youngsters hunch their shoulders and fling their arms as they scutter across it, up and then down,...
Trying to Catch the Perseids
In two sessions, on Wednesday night and early Thursday morning, I stood out by York’s Millennium Bridge and watched and waited patiently and attempted to catch on camera the Perseids. The Millennium Bridge is...
Daily Visual 01.08.15: York Art Gallery Reopens
After a refurbishment costing £8 million which has taken two and a half years to complete, today York Art Gallery reopened. Since shutting its doors in January 2012, the venue has seen its exhibition space increased...
Jolie Holland at The Basement, York
Last night Jolie Holland played at The Basement in York. A small and low-hanging room with a bar attached, located underneath the City Screen Picturehouse, the venue – which once seemed to focus...