Author Archives: Hortoris
Clever Little Tit or Bird Brain
Tim Birkhead has produced a brainy book on ornithology as you would expect from an academic. However he has also been very clever in making it accessible to all ornithologists. Continue reading
Adelphi Window Reflections on a Meal Deal
If you are eating a steak from a horse that had a very long neck and a small head ‘You’re Avin’ A Giraffe’ The Adelphi Leeds is tucked away at the bottom of Leeds City Centre just over the Leeds … Continue reading
Three Yorkshire Castles
Clifford Tower York Castle York has had a castle since 1068 and some parts of the complex can be studied at the Castle museum. In March 1190 there was a massacre when 150 local Jews died in Clifford Tower the … Continue reading
Quarry Hill Flat Flats
Look around the bottom of the Headrow in Leeds and wonder where Quarry Hill flats should have been Continue reading
See Where You Are Walking
Reflections show where you are walking, well something to reflect on Continue reading
Nine Race Course Yorkshire
What do Catterick, Doncaster and Wetherby have that Beverley, Pontefract, Redcar, Thirsk, York and Ripon do not have? The answer is Jump racing or National Hunt meetings at these race courses. Wetherby only hosts jump racing but Catterick and Doncaster … Continue reading
Some Yorkshire Societies
Society in Yorkshire has many societies that help understanding and support our Yorkshire communities Continue reading
Hull History Centre Homage to Heritage
All our yesterdays can be studied at Hull history centre which has a fascinating range or records and archives… Continue reading
Fishy Goings On Deep in Hull
For Yorkshires best aquarium visit the Deep at Hull Marina… Continue reading
Ribblehead Train Trips
The viaduct is photogenic at the worst of times but this picture was definately not taken during the worst of times. Chantry Bee (using creative commons from flickr) explains ‘In August I came across from Brussels to visit my granny, … Continue reading