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"A Natural History of the Dragon," by Kelly Grey Carlisle: England's Durham Cathedral is a triumph of human creation.

Thirteen places in the North East and North Yorkshire were added to Historic England’s Heritage At Risk Register last week.

Dragons at first glance may seem to be the stuff of fairy tales and pure myth, however, there were days when this wasn’t always the case . Indeed, there was a time when such fearsome, unstoppable creatures were often thought of as very real, and managed to permeate the legends and myths of many areas of Europe... Read more »

A COUNTY Durham family have launched their own artisan gin distillery, inspired by one of the region’s best-known legends.

Inspired by North East legend, Paul and Yasmin Gibson have started Dragon Slayer Distillery in Low Dinsdale

Inspired by North East legend, Paul and Yasmin Gibson have started Dragon Slayer Distillery in Low Dinsdale

DOVECOTES have a way of flying us back through time, and connecting us to one of the greatest royal stories of all time and the composition of some of the most romantic poems in the English language. In the days before refrigerators, dovecotes were important as they proved a regular source of fresh eggs and meat. They became fashionable accessories to a country estate around 1700, although the older, more rustic, are centuries older than that, and most of the building of dovecotes in our ar...