The virtual Great Yorkshire Show is an online window – The Yorkshire Post says

Typical of the ingenuity of Yorkshire Agricultural Society, it is a great opportunity to showchase the county’s farmers who are the best in show and a food sector like no other in the land.

It will also bring great comfort to those families who were left bereft the cancellation of an event that has meant so much to them, and the rural way of life, for generations.

But it is also a chance, as author and columnist GP Taylor sets out in today’s newspaper, for people to post their favourite photos and videos of Yorkshire – and county life – to entice visitors here as the lockdown is lifted.

After the internet – and new phenomenon such as Zoom – bought families and communities together during Covid-19, now is the chance to use it to turn it into Yorkshire’s shop window to the world.

Editor’s note: first and foremost - and rarely have I written down these words with more sincerity - I hope this finds you well.

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James Mitchinson

Editor