Culture
Derbyshire Life
All The Fun Of The Fayre
Mike Smith looks forward to his seasonal visit to the Old Glossop Victorian Christmas Fayre
5 min |
December 2019
Derbyshire Life
A Portrait Of Rowsley
With art, heritage, shopping and fine dining, Mike Smith enjoys a day out at this lovely village on the edge of the Peak District National Park
6 min |
November 2019
Derbyshire Life
Romantic Relics & Horrible Histories
Peter Seddon considers Derbyshire castles
7 min |
November 2019
Derbyshire Life
Material Gains
Andrew Griffihs visits two businesses in New Mills and ponders whether the high street revival could be built on offering things to do as well as buy
5 min |
November 2019
Derbyshire Life
It's Coming Home
Feasts fit for an England football team – Tim Barker, head chef of the Hilton at St George’s Park near Burton upon Trent, explains why great food is a recipe for success at this four-star hotel
6 min |
November 2019
Derbyshire Life
Let's Go To Chesterfield
Neighbourhood know-how, people and places
5 min |
November 2019
Derbyshire Life
Mending Our Mountains
It was the great mountain photographer Walter Poucher who first named the Mam Tor – Lose Hill ridge which separates the Hope Valley from Edale ‘The Great Ridge’, in his Peak & Pennines guide of 1966.
2 min |
June 2018
Derbyshire Life
The Caring Approach
Selecting a care home is one of the most important decisions anyone can make. But with the right planning in place, it can be a stress-free process
2 min |
June 2018
Derbyshire Life
BlokOUT Festival 13th-15th July
A new festival of food and music with acts including Feeder and The Hoosiers, street food, entertainment, activities and camping. Locko Park, Spondon, www.blokout.co.uk
2 min |
June 2018
Derbyshire Life
Straight From The Source
Combining supermarket convenience with artisan quality, SaucedHere.co.uk is revolutionising the Peak District food industry, one delivery at a time
5 min |
June 2018
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Chef's Specials
Ray Moody, head chef at Santo’s Higham Farm Hotel near Alfreton, answers questions and shares two favourite recipes from their newly-launched menu
2 min |
June 2018
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Weathering The Heights!
Andrew Griffiths goes on a day trip from his home in the north of the county to scale the Heights of Abraham.
6 min |
March 2017
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Inheritance Tax
The Residence Nil Rate Band : Will you benefit from the new rules?
2 min |
May 2018
Derbyshire Life
Greetings With A Feel-Good Factor
Anna Danielle is the founder and face behind the delightful Derbyshire-based greetings card and gifts company The Little Dog Laughed. As the successful company celebrates its 20th anniversary year, Penelope Baddeley went to meet her
7 min |
May 2018
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Plants That Changed Our Lives: The Cacao Tree
A Taste of Money
4 min |
May 2018
Derbyshire Life
‘The Loveliest Of Trees, The Cherry Now...'
Robert Vernon (snr) of The Bluebell Arboretum and Nursery at Smisby writes about the Prunus x ‘Kanzan’ flourishing in Smisby churchyard and, no doubt, in many other sites around Derbyshire
2 min |
May 2018
Derbyshire Life
Spring's Perfect Dance
Paul Hobson records the courtship of the great crested grebes.
4 min |
April 2017
Derbyshire Life
The Flowering Of Kinder
NEARLY half a century ago in his classic Journey through Britain, the writer-naturalist John Hillaby penned a vivid description of the summit of Kinder Scout: ‘The top of Kinder looks as if it’s entirely covered in the droppings of dinosaurs.’
2 min |
April 2017
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Kim Barnett
As the county cricket season opens, Nigel Powlson meets the returning Derbyshire cricketing hero...
8 min |
April 2017
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Marvellous Moths
Surely even mottephobics can’t fail to be converted by Paul Hobson’s fantastic photographs of our elegant and secretive flying friends.
4 min |
May 2017
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Derbyshire's High Sheriff
Pat Ashworth talks to Annie Hall who was sworn in as High Sheriffon 6th April.
6 min |
May 2017
Derbyshire Life
Signs Of The Times
THE wonderful, reassuring, castiron, dark green-painted footpath signs which mark the start and finish points of so many of our finest public footpaths in the Peak are the only evidence most walkers see of the sterling work of the Peak and Northern Footpath Society, now in its 124th year.
2 min |
May 2017
Derbyshire Life
Field Maple: A Cabinet Makers' Delight
OF the estimated ten species of maple which are native to Europe only one, the field maple, managed to migrate north into England before Britain became isolated from continental Europe by water.
3 min |
May 2017
Derbyshire Life
Thornbridge Re-Visited
Going full circle, Nik Cook returns to Thornbridge Brewery, the starting point of his seven year odyssey around the micro-breweries of Derbyshire.
6 min |
May 2017
Derbyshire Life
A Dawn Mission
Paul hobson on ‘that golden moment’ – the despair and the delight.
4 min |
February 2017
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Pictures Of Winter Colour
Griselda Kerr, whose garden in melbourne opens for the ngs this month, suggests bright plantings to gladden the garden view.
5 min |
February 2017
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The Honey Gets Sweeter
Little over apiaries – A world wide honey producer based in Derbyshire – is celebrating over 20 years in business.
2 min |
February 2017
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Light at the End of the Rainbow
It was during a glittering charity bash that 14-year-old Abbi White’s button pictures raised an amazing £28,000 for Rainbows – the local children’s and young people’s hospice. Claire Bore searches out the vibrant place and the talented teenage artist
9 min |
April 2017
Derbyshire Life
The County Set
Mike Smith talks to Chris Gilbert, the face behind the outstanding success of Bradwell Books, which celebrates aspects of our country’s unique local heritage
5 min |
April 2017
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Making a House Into a Home
Alexandra Sheldon and Louise Walker, designers with Penrose Interiors, show us round a recent Peak District project
3 min |