Heritage Archive
(July 2020)

19 July 2020

Air of optimism as town re-opens

Brigg has a wide range of independent businesses, many of which have diversified during the Covid-19 crisis to be able to keep trading – and they will be the key to getting the high street back up and running in the months ahead. Businesses and retailers in the small north Lincolnshire market town of Brigg Read more…

All things great and small

After a long and varied working life which has taken him from London to the Lincolnshire coast, Joe Finch is making the most of retirement by focusing on fine craftsmanship. His longtime friend Tim Ring explains how Joe balances traditional and modern designs and is supporting other local businesses, to produce his eye-catching shepherd’s huts Read more…

The Great Lincolnshire Getaway

We are celebrating all the very best of the county now we can look ahead this summer. Our special supplement is the most comprehensive guide to the most enjoyable ways to spend your staycation. 10 BEST DAYS OUT FOR CHILDREN Here in Lincolnshire we are blessed with a wonderful selection of places to visit with Read more…

1 July 2020

Founder of a dynasty

As anniversaries go, they don’t come much better than a 500th. Stephen Roberts looks at the fascinating life of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, who was born in 1520 in Bourne. He would go on to be a statesman of the first order, chief advisor to Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary Read more…

Solvitur ambulando – It is solved by walking

9th June – blue with some grey, then greyer. By Maxim Griffin East coast – the overwhelming desire to mainline as much of the North Sea as possible, to live in a pillbox, to roll with the adders on the great dune and find a sunrise. There has been light since half two – midsummer Read more…