Lucy and Mark Braithwaite of First Age Comics, Lancaster Lancaster comic shop First Age Comics will be celebrating today – not just because it’s Free Comic Book Day, which helps […]
Williamson Park Set to Stage Classic Roald Dahl Play
Lancaster’s Williamson Park will host an outdoor theatre production later this month. Roald Dahl favourite Danny the Champion of the World has been adapted by theatre company Illyria for a […]
New “Walking App” Explores Lancaster’s World War One History
Battery-powered buses in Market Square which took the munitions workers to the Caton Road Munitions Works in 1917 An exciting, new, mobile phone application, which brings to life a step-by-step […]
“Vindictive” Trade Union Bill Gets Go Ahead
A vindictive trade union bill gets Royal Assent after last night the House of Lords agreed to the final changes made by MPs last week – a bill seen as […]
Tory Cuts Continue with over 100 more local Civil Service staff jobs at risk
Analysis of a plan for cuts to the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, leaked earlier this month, has revealed that 77 per cent of staff in line for potential […]
Local Cinema Round-Up for the 4th to 12th May 2016
For up to date local cinema links and day-by-day listings of what’s showing on local screens every week visit the Virtual-Lancaster Cinema Page. Read on for the weekly round-up, and […]
Lancaster Comics Day Back in June
Poster art and design by Nick Miller Lancaster Comics Day is back next month, taking place in Lancaster Library on Sunday 5th June. Plenty of local comic creators will be […]
Green Ayre Rises Exhibition Celebrates Lancaster's Railway History
Today and tomorrow (1st-2nd May 2016), Lancaster Library will host “Green Ayre Rises”; an event to mark 50 years since the closure of Lancaster Green Ayre station and the Green […]
Local Cinema Round-Up for the 27th April to 5th May 2016
For up to date local cinema links and day-by-day listings of what’s showing on local screens every week visit the Virtual-Lancaster Cinema Page. Read on for the weekly round-up, and […]
Beyond The Castle Dig on Vicarage Fields Announced
Work investigating Quay Meadow in 2015 by the Beyond the Castle team unearthed some surprises. Photo: Beyond the Castle A fortnight long archaeological excavation on Lancaster’s Castle Hill will seek […]