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M.C. BISHOP tells the story of how the Roman site at Corbridge came to be excavated 100 years ago.
ALLAN POTTS finds clues in nature which provide evidence of a change in our climate.

SUSIE WHITE charts the success of a family-run nursery in Heddon-on-the-Wall.
KEITH GREGSON examines the Northumbrian element of his new book on researching northern ancestry.
The Chirapatre Appeal — 10 years on
JIM MACKENZIE reads two historical novels which give young readers accounts of the Battle of Flodden from opposing sides.
ANTHONY TOOLE discovers a project which is restoring traditional hay meadow habitat to upland valleys.
VERONICA HEATH meets the man behind a thriving website-led business advising walkers of some of the county's best walks.
SUSAN BURKE learns about the creation of woodland on the Army Training Estate at Otterburn
A Morpeth gallery that attracts customers worldwide.
JOHN SURGEY walks from Haydon Bridge to Bardon Mill, visiting a restorer of antique beds en route.
PHIL HUNTLEY immerses himself in farm implements of the past at a private museum in north Northumberland.

JOHN GRUNDY returns to a town he first got to know 24 years ago, and finds its appearance much improved.
ALLAN POTTS finds plenty of colourful plant life beside our railway lines.
IAN KERR explains that our smallest falcon is also one of the most efficient airborne hunters.

GEOFF HOLLAND enjoys a walk in the hill country of Upper Coquetdale.
BOOK REVIEWS
by Stewart Bonney & Neily Alimohamadi
READERS' LETTERS
A TASTE OF NORTHUMBERLAND by Veronica Heath
Pizza and Picnic Punch
WHAT'S ON GUIDE
Walks and Events for August & September 2007