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A bird’s eye view – how I herocially solved the great starling mystery

SOMETIMES only raw courage will do – and that’s what it took the day the birds invaded the house. It started on Sunday morning when a startled...

11.05.2025 10

The Northern Echo

Peter Barron

Focusing on the growing challenges us oldies face with reading glasses

AS I head deeper into my seventh decade, I feel the need to focus on something that’s become an increasingly important feature of my life: reading...

06.02.2025 3

The Northern Echo

Peter Barron

The day a Durham headteacher wished he hadn't asked about a pupil's dog having pups

MANY thanks to former teacher June Clough for passing on a lovely story after my Dad At Large talk to Durham Friendship Centre in Belmont earlier...

15.01.2025 1

The Northern Echo

Peter Barron