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All The Fun Of The Fayre
Derbyshire Life

All The Fun Of The Fayre

Mike Smith looks forward to his seasonal visit to the Old Glossop Victorian Christmas Fayre

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December 2019
A Portrait Of Rowsley
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

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November 2019
Romantic Relics & Horrible Histories
Derbyshire Life

Romantic Relics & Horrible Histories

Peter Seddon considers Derbyshire castles

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November 2019
Material Gains
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

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November 2019
It's Coming Home
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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

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November 2019
Let's Go To Chesterfield
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Let's Go To Chesterfield

Neighbourhood know-how, people and places

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November 2019
Mending Our Mountains
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.

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June 2018
The Caring Approach
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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

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June 2018
BlokOUT Festival 13th-15th July
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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

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June 2018
Straight From The Source
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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

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June 2018
Chef's Specials
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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

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June 2018
Weathering The Heights!
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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.

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March 2017
Inheritance Tax
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Inheritance Tax

The Residence Nil Rate Band : Will you benefit from the new rules?

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May 2018
Greetings With A Feel-Good Factor
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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

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May 2018
Plants That Changed Our Lives: The Cacao Tree
Derbyshire Life

Plants That Changed Our Lives: The Cacao Tree

A Taste of Money

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May 2018
‘The Loveliest Of Trees, The Cherry Now...'
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‘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

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May 2018
Spring's Perfect Dance
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Spring's Perfect Dance

Paul Hobson records the courtship of the great crested grebes.

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April 2017
The Flowering Of Kinder
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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.’

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April 2017
Kim Barnett
Derbyshire Life

Kim Barnett

As the county cricket season opens, Nigel Powlson meets the returning Derbyshire cricketing hero...

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April 2017
Marvellous Moths
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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.

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May 2017
Derbyshire's High Sheriff
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Derbyshire's High Sheriff

Pat Ashworth talks to Annie Hall who was sworn in as High Sheriffon 6th April.

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May 2017
Signs Of The Times
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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.

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May 2017
Field Maple: A Cabinet Makers' Delight
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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.

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May 2017
Thornbridge Re-Visited
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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.

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May 2017
A Dawn Mission
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A Dawn Mission

Paul hobson on ‘that golden moment’ – the despair and the delight.

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February 2017
Pictures Of Winter Colour
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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.

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February 2017
The Honey Gets Sweeter
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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.

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February 2017
Light at the End of the Rainbow
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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

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April 2017
The County Set
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

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April 2017
Making a House Into a Home
Derbyshire Life

Making a House Into a Home

Alexandra Sheldon and Louise Walker, designers with Penrose Interiors, show us round a recent Peak District project

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April 2017

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