Bede’s World in Jarrow is currently exhibiting the only existing copy of the Codex Amiatinus. When I first laid eyes on the full-scale replica of Bede’s Great Bible, it was still packed in boxes on a pallet in the museum’s reception, fresh from its flight from Italy. To see it on display, in all its…

Starting a new business is like having another child. So, just like I did with my son James, four, and daughter Sophie, two, I’ve been taking my new ‘baby’ along to some groups to meet other ‘parents’. Having written about The Inspire Network during my time as a journalist, one of the first people I…

I believe in fate stepping in to lend a hand every now and again. I changed supermarket jobs as a student and ended up meeting my husband. As I sought out a career in journalism, he was the one who encouraged me to apply for work experience with the newspaper that went on to employ me…