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DUNE-FRINGED BEACH, AND A GLIMPSE OF ROE DEER

JOHN SURGEY embarks on a summer walk linking the seaside at Alnmouth with the riverside at Alnwick.


HOLY ISLAND: THIS IS YOUR LIFE

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DEREK PROUD talks about the making of Diary of an Island, a current TV documentary series looking at everyday life on Holy Island.


SMOKE, LANDSCAPES AND A HINT OF RHUBARB

What to look out for in this summer's Northumberland Art Tour.


HELPING NEW ARTISTS CATCH THE PAINTING BUG

PAINTING is now said to be one of the most popular hobbies in the United Kingdom. In towns and villages throughout Northumberland classes and courses are being filled to capacity by enthusiastic amateur painters and complete beginners, many of whom are given inspiration and tuition by artists such as landscape painter Ken Spencer, who talked to STEWART BONNEY about the spread of the art bug.


FROM FISHING RODS TO PAINTBRUSHES

GRAHAME ANDERSON meets Coquetdale artist Joe Hush and hears how he turned the misfortune of a lost job into a new career opportunity.


ALL ABOARD THE NOSTALGIA SERVICE

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PHIL HUNTLEY finds a fleet of buses in the Alnwick area where the vehicles are as much of an attraction as the view along the route.


A STRAW HOUSE AND NOT A WOLF IN SIGHT

SUSIE COCHRANE discovers an eco-friendly building material many of us may have overlooked.


LEARNING TO LIVE WITH THE HERRING GULL

IAN KERR pays tribute to one of the bird world's most adaptable species which has learned to profit from human activity, whether we like it or not.


 
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