Helen Johnson, Yorkshire Writer
Helen Johnson Freelance Writer
2019 sees Dalesman celebrate its 80th anniversary, and for twenty of those eighty years, I have been a contributor to Yorkshire’s favourite little magazine. I have had the pleasure of Continue Reading →
Christmas is a time for fun and celebrations of every kind, and at the Ryedale Folk Museum, they’re celebrating dance. Victorian Christmas The Museum specialises in bringing a Victorian Christmas Continue Reading →
It was great to see a Yorkshire lad win the National Pig Awards Young Pig Farmer of the Year. Matt Donald, who won the award, works on his family’s farm Continue Reading →
It’s Christmas, a time of light and sparkle. And for this, glass is the ultimate material. Glittering, translucent, and richly coloured, glass has graced Christmas celebrations for centuries. And now, Continue Reading →
Each Christmas in West Tanfield, North Yorkshire, people come together to put on their own Christmas play. They prefer classic stories. They’ve done the Nativity, St Nicholas, and Babushka. Continue Reading →
War memorials all over the country display sorrowful lists of men killed in the Great War. But what of the families they left behind? What of wives and mothers left Continue Reading →
Yorkshire – born Oliver Robinson has spent years delving into the murk of Yorkshire’s Dark Ages. He looked into the years between the departure of the Romans, and the flowering Continue Reading →
Alastair the Cooper makes casks Alastair Simms is a cooper: he makes wooden casks, most commonly seen as beer barrels. He began, he recalls, “When I had a school Continue Reading →
Pantomime season It’s Christmas, so it’s pantomime season. And in Appleton Wiske, as in many other villages, it’s a home-grown, home-produced Christmas pantomime. But in an age of TV, with Continue Reading →
Christmas preparations There is much joy to be had in the anticipation of Christmas – a joy captured by children as they make their Christmas preparations. For Dalesman Magazine this Continue Reading →