The Dukes Walkabout Theatre has begun its 25th season in Lancaster’s Williamson Park to the poignant news that this will be its last promenade as Government cuts have left Dukes […]
Lancaster Freewomen are on the Roll
Last Saturday saw Lancaster’s first six Freewomen of the City admitted onto what is now the Roll of the Freemen and Freewomen of Lancaster, at a historic session of the […]
Lancaster’s first Freewomen of the City to be admitted this Saturday.
For the first time, women will be admitted as Freewomen to the Roll of Freemen of the City of Lancaster. This Saturday, 9 July, the Court of Admission sits from […]
MP plays the fool at NHS Question Time
Lancashire LINk played host to a ‘Question Time’ styled debate on NHS privatisation plans last Thursday evening at the University of Cumbria in Lancaster. On the panel were Eric Ollerenshaw […]
In Review: ‘Shifting Registers’ by Ian Seed
Ian Seed is lecturer for Creative Writing at Cumbria University and editor of the webzine Shadowtrain. Shifting Registers is his second collection of poetry. You know there’s something admirable about […]
Lancaster Teachers on the Picket Lines
Picket lines stood outside Lancaster schools yesterday, probably the most courteous and kindly pickets in history. ‘Good Morning’ was the most revolutionary chant to be heard, as they handed out […]
Strike Day Question Time Public Meeting for MP
Strike action, picketing, a rally in Market Square, and a Question Time Panel where local MP Eric Ollerenshaw (pic) will have to answer to the public for his government’s policies […]
National award for Special Inspector Ruth Gardner
Can you ‘trust the specials like the old time coppers’ as the song goes? Ruth Gardner looks like she could be a good bet. As a special inspector who polices […]
In Review: ‘Jamrach’s Menagerie’ by Carol Birch
Lancastrian novelist Carol Birch’s Jamrach’s Menagerie is a 19th century seaman’s yarn depicting the voyage from youth to maturity of one Jaffy Brown: an otherwise insignificant boy from London’s East […]
Applications welcome for next teen police cadet course
Teenagers who want to do something proactive with their spare time are being urged to sign up for the next teenage voluntary police cadets course. The scheme has been running […]