Opinion

Verd de Gris Arts (Sharon Marsden & Jeff Turner), recipient of the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service seen here at Piece Hall receiving the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service from the Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire.

Steve Duncan: The joy of giving and receiving

Light Up African Heritage Calderdale, previous winners of the Best New Charity Award with sponsor Martin Hague of Lattitude7.

Community Foundation for Calderdale: Why local giving matters

Many faith communities are celebrating Harvest Festivals at this time of the year, and nearly all of the harvest has now been gathered in. Photo: AdobeStock

Looking after our neighbour at home and abroad, should be a high priority

Jordan Baker, VSI Alliance.

Rucksacks4Homeless: A beacon of hope for Calderdale’s homeless.

New lecture series we will be running at Madni Mosque Halifax, commencing Saturday, September 23 at 7pm.

Muslims all around the world celebrate and rejoice his birth

The Luddites, in 1812, rebelled against their employers who were introducing machinery into the mills which would mean that their labour was unnecessary.

Upcoming Mothers’ Union events

View from Midgley Moor of Heptonstall and Chiserley high above Hebden Bridge in Calderdale. Picture by Tony Johnson.

Column: Reflection with Canon Hilary Barber - England’s best kept secret

Energy security is something Britain needs, given the current climate.

Column: Talking Politics - Reducing reliance on foreign energy

Sunday saw a very different routine on the main stage as we welcomed everyone’s favourite ‘PE teacher’ Joe Wicks AKA The Body Coach.

Column: Nicky Chance-Thompson - Meeting the bands at The Piece Hall

Church members got together for a quiet day, spending the day away from the bustle of our lives.

Column: Julia Tum, Mothers Union - The life and courage of Mary Sumner

Moorland wildfires in recent years are a consequence of both changes in our weather, and the beautiful yet challenging nature of our geography.

Column: Talking Politics - More worried than ever about climate change

Artist's impression of the new swimming pool and leisure centre planned for North Bridge, Halifax.

Column: Talking Politics with Coun Steven Leigh

The focus will be on restoring degraded peat moorlands and creating green corridors to help wildlife move between the industrial heartlands of West Yorkshire and the moors that define our landscape. Pictured is a twite, our own local rare bird.

Column: Talking Politics - Nature is important for our physical & mental health

It was a privilege to be in Lithuania for the recent NATO summit.

Column: Talking Politics with Holly Lynch MP

The proposed imposition will increase parking charges for residents across the Borough.

Column: Talking Politics with Coun Steven Leigh

The hot looking pig, lying all on his own in what shade he could find.

Column: Julia Tum, Mothers' Union - Friends for support and to chat with

Climate Change: I’m an optimist and I think we all can play our part.
Credit: Sugarbird Photography.

Talking Politics with Coun Jane Scullion - We face a climate emergency

Many young people today are sadly in the grips of a mental health crisis.
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Column: Charlotte Butterick - Why male mental health is a feminist issue

Halifax Minster Choristers perform with Halifax Choral Society with Skipton Camerata.

Column: Monthly reflection with Canon Hilary Barber, vicar of Halifax Minster

Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Calder Valley Vanessa Lee with Craig Whittaker MP.

Column: Talking Politics with Craig Whittaker MP

Going Green: Warmer waters aren’t healthy for our wildlife

Decathlon’s green ‘No tent left behind’ campaign

Electric vehicles are here to stay

Going Green: Driving home case for more electric vehicles

Enjoy the seaside

Going Green: Make little changes before visiting the seaside

Cherie Lunghi. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Disney)

Going Green : Make your barbecue environment friendly

Get out into the great outdoors this Father's Day

Going Green: Go back to nature with your dad on Father’s Day

Deborah Meaden (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)

Going Green: How awful is climate change for gardeners?

This year the stage will be up a little longer, when it’s not being used by A list stars, for our Live at The Piece Hall gigs.

Column: The Piece Hall Charitable Trust - As we prepare for our summer season

Mental health specialists are the right people to provide mental health support, especially when someone is in a crisis.

Column: Talking Politics with Holly Lynch MP

Democratic process, consultation, and constitutional norms are the guardrails of local politics.

Column: Talking Politics with Coun Steven Leigh

The Northowram Branch scarecrow - Jesus feeding the five thousand.

In My View with Julia Tum - Diversity & imagination in each branch

Holly Lynch MP with Lisa Nandy MP and Mungo Sheppard at Ash Green Primary School.

Column: Talking Politics - Schools are the fourth emergency service

As I take my photos from a respectful distance, the grand bird arches a bending neck and unfurls its feathers.

Column: Wildlife Watch - By the canal, early evening calm predominates

Mothers’ Union members Margaret, Olivia and Gillian.

Column: Julia Tum, Mothers' Union - Join us and give happiness away for free

My family and I at the Nile Rodgers gig at the Piece Hall last year.

Column: Charlotte Butterick - Where are the women headliners?

Calder Valley MP Craig Whittaker: We must apply common sense and reality.

Column: Talking Politics with Craig Whittaker MP - Time for a kinder politics

The Hon Sarah Owen, Holly Lynch MP, Calderdale Council, Calderdale College and Trinity Sixth Form Academy came to the Minster to relaunch The Minster Series.

Column: Reflection with Canon Hilary Barber - Bringing communities together

Volunteer Hub Colin helping the OSCA Foundation

Column: Emma Worsley, CVAC - Calderdale Volunteers’ Week 2023 is a month away

The Piece Hall, as a transformed event amphitheatre, is such a wonderful venue for live music.
Picture by Ellis Robinson.

Column: Nicky Chance-Thompson - There’s a certain magic about live music

A near miss - the damage on Roils Head Road, Norton Tower, Halfiax where a car plowed into a wall narrowly missing a pedestrian.

Column: Talking Politics with Coun James Baker - Time to fix Calderdale’s roads

NHS and social care: We have to make sure that the right care and treatment is available when people need it.

Column: Talking Politics with Holly Lynch MP

Early April, and around half the trees in Sowerby Bridge are in bloom.

Column: Wildlife Watch - As the landscape unfolds with life

Building on Greenbelt in Calderdale should be a very last option.

Column: Talking Politics with Councillor Steven Leigh

Let’s ditch the assumption that we are not able to do anything, let’s ditch the assumption that our little bit is not useful.

Column: What little steps can we take to help? - Julia Tum, Mothers' Union

Hedy Lamarr in 1944.

Column: Todmorden U3A - Women who had made an impact in the last century

The third week was spent with Andrew Edwards at BBC Radio Leeds.

Column: Reflection with Canon Hilary Barber - Being in the shoes of someone else