PARISH of
BARDSEY WITH
EAST KESWICK

A few weeks ago, my husband and I went into Leeds to spend the evening together. Whilst we were there, we found a shop which sold a...

Recently I was in London for the wedding of a good friend. I’d lived in Clapham just over twenty years ago so we decided to walk to the...

As the weather’s been a bit better, I’ve ventured out to the garden to see what’s what. It looks like there are a lot of dead things...

Do you like the darkness? When I was a child, I found it terrifying. My vivid imagination meant shapes on the back of the door became...

Autumn is officially here. Are you a fan? I know many people who have been longing for this time of year, and relish the thought of...

Despite the gruelling months we have been through with the pandemic, I’ve seen positive signs of human goodness everywhere. People have...

I spent much of the last, long, lockdown months looking out from our lounge window, wondering if anything would ever grow again. A...

It’s not quite barbeque weather yet, but here in Yorkshire, the sun has been shining, the daffodils are blooming and there are green...

We’re currently in the Christian season of Lent, a time to put other distractions aside and take stock of our own humanity and...

During a rare, dry day recently I decided to brave the garden to see what the winter damage had been. I discovered a neglected, overgrown...

As we move forward into Winter, it’s clear that the darker mornings are with us. Many people dislike this time of year, since the lack of...

It’s autumn, and although everything in the natural world is slowing down, the rest of life seems to speed up in September. Yes, we’re...

If you’ve passed the vicarage lately, you may have seen me staring into the tree on the front garden. No, it’s not a new form of...

“Summertime and the livin’ is easy”, sang Ella Fitzgerald. This is probably one summer we will never forget, a summer where life has been...

As I write this, I am reminded that today is Star Wars Day. Yes, May the Fourth is a special day for many people, as they celebrate the...

As I write, the news is changing shape, hour by hour, in response to the current Coronavirus situation. I can’t help but be reminded of...

It's just as well I am married to someone who is a dab hand with the superglue. There always seem to be things around the house which...

My favourite Sunday night television viewing at the moment has to be the new SAS documentary on Channel 4. A group of determined...

Happy New Year to you! I hope that by the time you read this, you will be stepping into 2020 and all that it brings. Yet January always...

On a recent trip to the cinema, I saw the film 'Joker'. There had been a fair amount of controversy surrounding it, so I wasn’t exactly...