Helen Johnson Freelance Writer
For decades, if not centuries, Dales women have created simple organisations to provide them with opportunities to socialise: Women’s Institute, Mothers’ Union, Yorkshire Countrywomen, and so on. Men tended Continue Reading →
Helen Johnson looks at hedges on her walks round Appleton Wiske in Yorkshire Continue Reading →
Helen Johnson looks at early buds breaking in Appleton Wiske, and recalls that the weather was very different last January. Continue Reading →
For Dalesman Febraury 2014, Helen Johnson met Cameron Newham, who has set himself the task of photographing every rural church, including its artworks and monuments, in England. Continue Reading →
For Dalesman Feb 2014, Helen Johnson met David Winfield, an artist who is painting landscapes on John Bell’s farm, in all seasons and moods. Continue Reading →
Helen Johnson visited Mowbray School Farm for Countryside Magazine Continue Reading →
It’s the darkest time of the year, and most of us humans prefer to stay indoors, close to the heat and light of a fire. Much of the wildlife we Continue Reading →
Defence of North Yorkshire and Cleveland For Dalesman this month, I spoke to John Harwood and Stuart McMillan, who I first met many years ago. They’ve spent decades studying Continue Reading →
We’re all familiar with Yule as a term for the midwinter festival. We have Yuletide greetings, Yule log chocolate cakes, and Yule logs to burn on the fire. Continue Reading →
Helen Johnson met Tim Lindley, a goose farmer, Becky Burniston, a reindeer trainer, and the Charles Dickens (Malton) Society, for Dalesman Magazine’s Christmas issue, December 2013. Continue Reading →