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Goth has transcended a musical style to become a part of everyday leisure and popular culture. The music’s cultural terrain has been extens...

Stronger Than The Sun  was a television drama written by  Stephen Poliakoff  and directed by  Michael Apted . It aired as part of the  Pl...

William Gervase Beckett There were two elections in Whitby in close succession in 1905 and 1906. The first was a Parliamentary by-elec...

The Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) was once abundant in the rivers of Britain, but is now in serious decline. ...

Louis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a newspaper journalist and a very prolific author. He was reputedly born in Liverpool (although that is ...

RUNSWICK BAY Excellent day on the rocks at Runswick. I arrived at about an hour before low water. There was a persistent breeze rippling ...

Grindelia stricta is the scientific name of coastal gumweed, sometimes called the Oregon gum plant. It gets its name from the Latvian botan...

Chalk philosophy from an unknown author. Whitby Spa.

The Snap-dragon fly from Lewis Carol's third chapter of Through The Looking Glass, illustrated by John Tenniel. Its body is made of pl...

In the 1800s Whitby gingerbread was famous throughout the country with a reputation equal to that of York Muffins. Made from a stiff dough f...