timbarberJan 4, 20213 min readDid you know Britain’s tallest ever man was a Yorkshireman?William Bradley – often known as “The Yorkshire Giant” or “Bradley the Giant” was born in Market Weighton in the East Riding in 1787 and...
timbarberJun 23, 20204 min readWilliam Wilberforce – The original Black Lives Matter CampaignerAfter the recent Black Lives Matter protests around the world it was quite apt when one of my fellow guides, Nick Smith, the owner of Yor...
timbarberApr 14, 20203 min readTitus Salt - How Alpaca and Donskoi wool lead to his successIndustrialist Titus Salt will forever be remembered as a Yorkshire industrialist who pioneered the use of the model village for his...
timbarberMar 21, 20202 min readBarbara Hepworth - “One of the most important sculptors of the 20th Century”The Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield was opened in 2011 and is one of the corners of the Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle. It was opened to...