H ave you done your Christmas shopping yet?

I switched on the radio and heard a report, live from The Philippines.

No doubt it has been a great relief to many that restrictions have now been lifted...

We're all in the same storm, but not all in the same boat.

An important need for this age is to somehow transfigure our vision for a post Covid pandemic era.

It was hot. No rain fell for over a month. Ponds dried up and water butts ran empty.

Iappreciate ceramics. So perhaps it's no surprise that I like the prophet Jeremiah's depiction of God as a potter.

If not, this is one the best times of the year to visit the growing Gannet colony at Bempton Cliffs.

Over the last year of lockdowns, of various kinds, the local radio is abuzz highlighting local heroes who have gone that extra mile to meet the desperate need of desperate families.

The final days of March fall in Holy Week – the week preceding Easter. We remember the last days of the life of Jesus.

For many of us, it is hard to talk about death; but after the year we have just had it is a subject that many of us have, perhaps unexpectedly, had to address.

Last month, the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors national parks became designated Dark Sky Reserves – special places of low light pollution.