As the birds and the bees herald a welcome return to spring up and down the Borders, it’s a time for new arrivals in the Hudson household. Not all planned… Every year, it seems the debate surrounding sex education hits the headlines, and the buck that passes for...
Just as night follows day, spring follows winter. But relying on such basic principles of life on Earth hasn’t always been our approach to the changing of the seasons There’s something exciting about this time of year. Since the midwinter solstice on the 21st of...
Giving up giving up used to be the mantra in the Hudson household. But there’s one resolution that many a country dweller ought to consider, Jules suggests Well 2015 is finally here, and I’m sure the nation as a whole is doing well maintaining those New Year’s...
While Industrial Revolution Shropshire is top of Jules’ time-travel wish list, on a present-day visit to the county he’s thrilled to discover more history is being made As an historian, I’m often asked to choose my favourite era.Well, I started my career as an...
The world has a lot to thank farming for, says Jules, not least the cultivation of grain without which we wouldn’t have beer – the catalyst for many a great invention In 1978 at Lavagnone near lake Garda in Italy, a discovery was made in a peat bog which revealed the...
