The answer is simple – friendship! Salts Mill was redeveloped, restored and revitalised by Jonathan Silver in the late 1980s. Silver and Hockney both attended Bradford Grammer School albeit 10 years apart – a 13 year old Silver asked Hockney to design the cover of the school...
It’s Good Friday today, an extremely important date for Christians around the world. You may be celebrating it by enjoying a rest from work (it’s a public holiday here in the UK), eating a hot cross bun or going to church. But in my home town of...
On International Women’s Day I’m remembering two famous Annes of Yorkshire who forged their own paths, valued their independence and stood up for their rights and beliefs in a time when women rarely had that choice. First up – Lady Anne Clifford, 1590-1676. She was born at...
When you think of visiting a city in Yorkshire, you first thoughts are probably York, Leeds or maybe Sheffield, but Yorkshire has several smaller cities less on the radar that are well worth a visit. Last week, on a beautiful sunny day, I visited the city...
Today is Mothering Sunday or Mother’s Day, it is traditionally celebrated on the 4th Sunday in Lent. Yorkshire’s most famous Mother wasn’t actually a mother but instead a famous prophetess. Mother Shipton was born Ursula Sontheil in 1488 and legend has it she was born in a...