There is always an element of sadness when someone dies, especially someone who you have counted as a friend. So it is with a degree of sadness that I write that Canon Jim Duxbury died in the early hours of Tuesday morning after a long illness. There will be a service of thanksgiving for his…

Patronal Festival With our Patronal Festival in the offing, I was considering how different our celebrations are from those in Spanish towns. Each town has its own patron saint, and in most, feast-day bunting is put up in the streets (by the ajuntament, the town council, usually). Clitheroe has municipal bunting, but for tourist purposes,…