As you sail into Stromness you cannot miss the stack of red rock that stands like an old man staggering on the edge of the island of Hoy ready to fall into the sea.  He is 137 metres tall and about 250 years old.  In recent years, men, women, girls and boys have had the temerity to climb him, beginning with Chris Bonington in 1966.  He climbed the Old Man again in 2014 to mark his 80th birthday.   I mention this because old age has been in the news this week with Andy Burnham talking of scrapping the triple lock on pensions to pay for social care in England and Wales. 

Many months ago, I worked on an exhibition at the Bonington Gallery in Nottingham entitled "Weird Hope Engines." The exhibition was about r

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The Environment Agency has imposed a six-month ban at the site in Sutton Bonington.

Eiger-Nordwand, Annapurna, Everest – kaum ein britischer Bergsteiger prägte seine Epoche so sehr wie Chris Bonington. Die preisgekrönte Dokumentation "Bonington: Mountaineer" blickt auf sein Leben zurück und begleitet ihn mit 80 Jahren noch einmal auf den Old Man of Hoy.

Sutton Bonington residents say they have been left without a regular daytime bus service following the collapse of operator CT4N.

Tickets are now available for Exhibition launch - Alan Lodge / Bonington Vitrines #31: The Velvet Acronyms at Bonington Gallery, Nottingham on Thursday 24th September 2026 at 6:00PM. Click the link fo...

Nottingham’s Bonington Gallery will showcase the work of Alan Lodge, aka Tash, capturing landmark moments in British counterculture