CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

Every year the cityscape of Newcastle changes, as old buildings are demolished and the legacy of polluting industries from the past...

After sampling tipple number 4 in this investigation of wildlife-themed beers - Allendale Brewery's Wagtail Ale - I'v...

Seen on the Ouseburn just downstream from Byker Bridge in Newcastle this lunchtime. Mother mallard must have started nesting at the end ...

Yesterday lunchtime, when we were walking through Newcastle beside the Ouseburn , there was a sudden commotion in the trees and a crow hur...

If you're visiting Newcastle and cross the Ouseburn (a tributory ot the River Tyne) using this little humpback bridge and then walk unde...

Now, I have to concede that this site of industrial dereliction might not look like a good place to spend a morning communing with nature, ...

There are two reasons for posting this picture of the familiar orange tip butterfly. The first is that thirty years ago, when I first moved ...