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IAN KERR profiles the knot, a winter visitor whose name was inspired by a wave-defying king of England.
JOHN STEELE explains how attracting bats into our gardens can provide a natural solution to controlling insects.
ALLAN POTTS looks at heather moorland and the creatures it supports.
AILSA FORTUNE looks back at the life and work of Lady Louisa Waterford, Ford village's celebrated 19th century painter and philanthropist.

JOHN GRUNDY sings the praises of an often overlooked part of Newcastle city centre which may soon be enjoying a welcome revival.
KEITH GREGSON finds plenty of material at Berwick Record Office to keep him intrigued.
How does a modern pharmaceutical company in Alnwick come to have part of a 19th century pharmacy lining the walls of its conference room? PHIL HUNTLEY explains.
ANTHONY JOISCE looks at how the oak has occupied a special place in our history and mythology.
MIKE PRATT, chief executive of Northumberland Wildlife Trust, suggests that a large swathe of land across the county could be made more
wildlife-friendly.
GLEN LYNDON DODDS charts the progress of the Umfraville family in Northumberland over nearly 400 years following the Norman Conquest.
Austioneer JULIAN THOMSON of Anderson & Garland looks at recent examples of pieces of paper which have fetched surprising sums because of what was on them.
JESSICA KILBURN introduces a permanent exhibition which celebrates the life and work of Capability Brown at his birthplace.
Hard on the heels of his project to create interpretive panels on Bamburgh's Heritage Trail (see issue 104), artist John Steele was commissioned to produce two further information panels with contrasting subject matter in Warkworth. He talked to STEWART BONNEY about his latest outdoor work.
SUSAN BURKE visits the riverside hamlet of Warden, believed to be the setting for one of Northumberland's best-known songs.
SUSIE WHITE offers advice on how your humble plot of land, whatever its size, can achieve the cottage garden look.

In an article printed in Issue 3 of The Northumbrian 20 years ago, brothers David and Charles Reay expressed the fear that the traditional Tynedale pottery works founded by their great-grandfather in 1878 would probably have to close when they retired.
Happily, just two years later young ceramics student Karl Jacques, came to work for them and eagerly learned the processes involved in making fine stoneware. Now STEWART BONNEY can report that the only place in England still making salt-glazed garden pots appears to have every prospect of a long-term future.
JOHN SURGEY enjoys a short but busy circular walk starting at Greenhead near the Cumbrian border.
SUSAN BURKE meets artist Michelle Milburn, whose chance visit to Hexham Abbey led to an ambitious four-year project.

ANTONY TOOLE heads for the hills above Rothbury to experience the pleasure of getting away from it all.
NEWS VIEW
County's heritage sites at risk
Exhibition marks Joicey centenary
Brushing up on Turner
READERS LETTERS
BOOK REVIEWS
Golf in the Ancient Kingdom of Northumberland
Walking from Ellingham
Recollections
Fifty Favourite Northumbrian Pubs
Unquiet Grave
Exploring the Northumberland Coast Path
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