Healthy debate coupled with respect for those who hold differing views are vital components in the lifeblood of democracy. It is through exchanges of views — sometimes heated — that informed decisions can be made. It is a trait of human nature that
Get involved in festival earlier I was only involved in organising the 2005 Haworth Arts Festival, so I can give impartial congratulations to this year’s team for pulling off another stunning and creative event under difficult financial
John Cope a member of Keighley Quaker's ChurchOne of the things a Christian has to contend with is living with conflict. How do we reconcile the love and example showed by Jesus with the paucity of our own life and witness? As a small boy I remember
This unidentified group must have been photographed about 100 years ago. The words “Beer, Ale, Porter” can just be read on the sign above the door which, allowing for subsequent alterations to the windows, seems to belong to the New Inn, at Bocking.
The future of more than 30 people is hanging in the balance after a long-established Keighley manufacturer went into administration. Shocked staff at Dean, Smith and Grace were still waiting for administrators to arrive and tell them their fate this
Jane Austen meets Blackadder in a spoof costume drama staged next month by Harden Players. Pride and Perfidy promises to bring love, treachery, seduction and murder to the village's Congregational Church. Fifteen members will perform the Regency romp
Keighley band The Big Bang will play an acoustic gig at the Cricketers Arms, Coney Lane, Keighley, this Friday. The band, which plays 1960s cover versions, will be on stage at 9pm. Admission free. The band plays a full electric set at the Queens, Colne
Snake Davis follows last weekend's Haworth Arts Festival with a headliner at Marsden Jazz Festival on October 12. The leading British saxophonist combines funk, soul and jazz at Marsden Mechanics at 3.30pm. The musician has played with
A highly original, consistently inventive farce will be staged by Bingley Little Theatre from next Monday to Saturday. Tom, Dick and Harry is penned by Ray Cooney, one of the most famous writers of farces, along with Michael Cooney. Tom and Lynda
Patsy Matheson, a founder member of now-disbanded acoustic group Waking the Witch, is going on tour. She will perform songs from her new CD A Little Piece of England in an "accomplished and individual" style. Patsy was a founder of Waking
