The Darlington and Stockton Times:: Leisure

Racing certs in big sky country

1:51pm Friday 19th March 2010

STAYCATIONS – where people decide to holiday in Britain, and even close to home to keep costs down – are all the rage at present, so we took ourselves off to Suffolk.

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Festival organisers start off on a gripping note

12:22pm Friday 19th March 2010

RIPON International Festival will celebrate spring with a concert by the Northern Sinfonia at Ripon Cathedral on Saturday, May 8, conducted by Janusz Piotrowicz, who is renowned for bringing excitement to his performances of great classics and romantics.

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Tracing the vibrant history of a popular rural businessman

12:13pm Friday 19th March 2010

THE colourful life of a country character who once battled through 7ft-high snow drifts to deliver food to starving farmers has provided rich material for a book.

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Film theme to play season

12:27pm Friday 19th March 2010

BILL Naughton’s comedy Alfie and a stage adaptation of the classic film The Graduate form part of the spring season at Middlesbrough Theatre.

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The Bridge Inn, Whorlton, near Barnard Castle

1:56pm Friday 19th March 2010

I’M a big fan of Terry Laybourne, the no-nonsense chef who managed to squeeze the North-East very first Michelin star out of that snobbish, metropolitan, classical cuisine-obsessed organisation.

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