Dan Haywood’s New Hawks The pairing of Trembling Bells and Lancaster’s Dan Haywood’s New Hawks at Manchester’s Band on the Wall venue last week got the local cognoscenti salivating, with […]
Scotforth superstore planning appeal dismissed
The Secretary of State has dismissed the appeal brought by Commercial Estates projects (CEP) against the City Council’s rejection of their scheme for a superstore, hotel / pub and petrol […]
In Review: Tiny Ruins with Turnstone, Kristi Michele and Gareth Williams at the YoHo
Tiny Ruins Tiny Ruins with Turnstone, Kristi Michele and Gareth Williams at The Yorkshire House, 29 July 2012 Reviewed by Marion Dawson The poster for Tiny Ruins’ Lancaster gig features […]
Opinion: How to tell if a development deal is dodgy?
There are two advantages for a development company registered in an offshore tax haven when securing a development deal. The first obviously, is that they contribute little in the way of […]
In Review: Dark Corners of the Land Exhibition – Dukes
Pendle Hill ‘Through the Pinhole’ by Darren Andrews The Dark Corners of the Land exhibition at the Dukes Gallery runs from 15 July – 13 August 2012. Photographs by Darren Andrews, Sound […]
In Review: ‘Low’ and Nat Johnson at Lancaster Library
Low and Nat Johnson at Lancaster Library, 9 July 2012 Review by Marion Dawson for Virtual-Lancaster There are lots of jokes about Minnesota’s ‘quiet’ indie rock band, Low (http://chairkickers.com/). One […]
Local Young People’s Arts Fund Launched
Shaun Ferguson, Double Joy pupils and their silk hanging Young people in the Lancaster District are being invited to apply to the Nat Merriman Fund for up to £300, which […]
Book Review: The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin by Geoff Brandwood
Academic and expert on Victorian architecture Geoff Brandwood has followed his 1997 book on the work of Temple Moore with this history of the Sharpe, Paley and Austin firm, which […]
National Family Week – fun in the Parks
Lancaster City Council is encouraging families to get together to celebrate National Family Week. There are lots of things to do for all the family from 30 May until 5 […]
City Council Bites £17m Bullet over Market Closure?
(Updated 26/5/12): Yesterday’s meeting of Lancaster City Council agreed to compensate Lancaster Market traders in order to empty and close Lancaster’s Indoor Market. Whether the Council will continue its lease […]