NEARLY 700 runners took to mid-Northumberland’s roads for the Wallington Half Marathon – shattering organisers’ already high expectations for the picturesque race.Read
A LEADING tourist attraction in Northumberland has chalked up record visitor numbers despite the continuing economic recession – as more cost-conscious families stay in the UK for their holidays.Read
FROM high winds which brought a 200-year-old oak tree crashing down, through heavy snows, to a rose blooming in November – Ray Purvis has seen it all through a lens after taking pictures at a North East stately home every week for a year.Read
A LOCAL artist will be giving demonstrations at a watercolour painting day on Saturday, September 17, at the Wallington Estate near Morpeth in Northumberland. The event will take place in the gardens of Wallington with advice given from Sandra Taylor. The event costs £45 and includes coffee and lunch. Booking is essential, call 01670 773600.Read
FAMILIES are invited to an outdoor performance. Acting company Illyria will perform The Pirates of Penzance on August 14 at Wallington, near Morpeth. The show costs £19 for adults and £9.50 for a child. Call 0844 249 1895.Read
A MEDIEVAL historian will be talking about the Viking era at an event in Morpeth. In Talk Time at Wallington – the Descent of the Danes, medieval historian Michael Thomson will reconsider the Viking era and examine the impact the Vikings had as raiders, traders and settlers and the legacy they left behind. The talk, at Wallington in Morpeth, will be followed by a light lunch in the Clocktower Cafe. Booking is essential for this event which starts at 10am and finishes at 1pm on Thursday, June 23, and there will be a charge of £20. Call 01670 773600.Read
THIS Saturday, enjoy a special painting workshop in the gardens at Wallington, with instruction and advice from local artist and tutor Sandra Taylor.Read
WALLINGTON Hall is hosting two exhibitions about paintings next month. On March 15 The Painting of a Hat and Ruffles – Suki Uncovered, is from 10am-1pm. Uncover the story of the infamous portrait of Sir Walter Calverley Blackett’s niece Suki Trevelyan. Then on March 19 and 20 at 1pm and 3pm, Portrait of a Lady, is a performance about the creation of beauty in Georgian portraits by Reynolds and Gainsborough. Call 01670 773600 for more information.Read
PRACTISING their chopping skills and learning about healthy eating, pupils were enthused with a real taste for proper cooking when a special bus came to town.Read
WOMEN’S wartime fashion will be to the fore as Wallington turns back the clock 70 years next weekend. India Adams finds out how 1940s women on the home front kept old-fashioned glamour alive.Read
CENTURIES-old cellars beneath a Northumberland stately home are being opened up to give visitors a unique flavour of life in the times of the feared Border Reivers.Read