May 17, 2026
Players produce a ‘blinder’ of a performance
Review The Comedy of ErrorsThe Castle PlayersTHE Castle Players are back to the wonderful setting on the back lawn at The Bowes Museum with The Comedy of Errors, the most…
Cricket lover Sir Murrough Wilson lives on through the Cliffe Cup
MURROUGH Wilson began working life as a railway apprentice, shovelling coal, in late Victorian days. He became a director and then chairman of the LNER, served as a wartime lieutenant…
Cabin up for ‘shed of the year’ title
A TEESDALE man’s cosy lockdown retreat has been shortlisted for a “shed of the year” contest.Simon Jones, who lives near Barnard Castle, began building his luxury shed, which features a…
Test Drive: The New Mazda CX-30
Ian Lamming weathers the storm in Mazda’s latest CX-30 THE motorway is a river, but that’s ok. Three lanes of standing water turned to spray by a stream of juggernauts,…
