Jezebel – most recognise her as the notorious Biblical figure synonymous with power but forever tainted by her reputation as a treacherous ‘painted lady.’ Is her Old Testament story the truth, partly the truth or just a pack of lies?

Whether your children are tots or teens, there’s plenty of exciting titles available from Random House Children’s Books this month.

Visitors to Beverley Art Gallery are invited to come and have a go at sketching artworks and objects from life during drop-in drawing sessions.

In preparation for possibly one of the most challenging nights of their lives, 150 youngsters took part in specialist orienteering training with the Humberside and Lincolnshire Orienteers (HALO) in readiness for the Humberside Police Night Challenge.

Swinemoor has been confirmed as the location for the next winter orienteering event organised by the Humberside and Lincolnshire Orienteers (HALO), which takes place tomorrow (Saturday).

Restoration London is a dangerous place for a former Parliamentarian spy, but who better to brazen it out than the wily Thomas Chaloner?

Powerful women are always irresistible ... think Elizabeth I, Cleopatra, Boudicca, Eleanor of Aquitaine and the ‘queen’ of them all, Catherine the Great of Russia.

In the Machiavellian world of the Tudor court, there is always room to take liberties.

It’s September 9th 2007 and student Jackson Meyer knows for sure that October 30th 2009 is going to be the worst day of his life.

Will Silver is the archetypal inspirational teacher, a classic combination of Mr Chips, Muriel Sparks’ Jean Brodie and John Keating of the Dead Poets’ Society.

The tenderness of a teenage girl’s sexual awakening played out against a city stalked by savage mutants ... it’s a love affair to die for!

For some of England’s most historic estates, the current imperative to preserve our past has come far too late.

In the teeming market of romantic fiction, a clever, classy page-turner always acts like a breath of fresh air.

The Beverley Building Society has added its support to the Beverley Film Society by making the volunteer-led group its chosen community initiative of the month.

A Chari-tea party is being held on Saturday 11 February at Toll Gavel Church Hall in Beverley from 1-4pm, to raise funds for baby charity Bliss.

James MacDonald is a son of the British Empire, a rich tea planter in India with a distinguished family history ... the lives of his two beautiful daughters should be mapped out for comfort and wealth.

February sees an exciting new selection of books from the classy stable at Oxford University Press Children’s Books.

Draw the curtains, throw a log on the fire and cosy up with one of the most bewitching books likely to come your way this year.

Shoulder pads, pixie boots, Curly Wurly bars, ET, Dallas, Cagney and Lacey, Boy George and the Falklands War ... who could forget the 1980s?

One minute you can be saving someone’s life, the next stemming a simple nosebleed or getting to grips with an aggressive drunk ... there’s never a dull moment in a busy hospital casualty department.