Home Grown: Food Champions of England’s Northwest, a new book highlighting the renaissance of English provincial food and featuring stories and recipes from local chefs and producers, is published this […]
Free Reed Band at the Gregson
Top Lancaster folk group The Free Reed Band has announced that its former caller, Mark Davies, latterly of Hungary and now of Libya, will call at a ceilidh with the […]
New university campaign to tackle obesity
The University of Cumbria is representing the UK in a pan-European campaign to tackle child and adolescent obesity. The project, “In Form: campaign against child and adolescent obesity”, will take […]
Free Teaching Taster courses at the University of Cumbria
The University of Cumbria is holding a free three-day introduction to teaching course from the 25 to 27 November at the Lancaster Campus. The course will focus on three areas […]
Talking Birds at the Nuffield
Pioneering theatre company Talking Birds come to the Nuffield, Lancaster this December with a funny, musical, slightly chaotic Christmas show for those who like their seasonal fare skewed and a […]
‘Christmas Collection’ Exhibition in Kirkby Lonsdale
Some of the region’s most excellent artists are exhibiting at Finestra Gallery in Kirkby Lonsdale this Christmas, as the gallery celebrates its fifth year. William H Jones has completed new […]
In Pictures: Sleeping Beauty at The Dukes
Here are some images from the The Dukes new show, Sleeping Beauty, which opens tonight, 21st November, and runs until 3rd January. Described as a magical adventure of wicked spells […]
Green Fair Date Ste
This year’s Green Fair will take place on Saturday 29th November from 10-4.00pm at the Friends Meeting House in Lancaster. There will be the usual selection of stalls, food and […]
Learn to Cycle’ Courses for Youngsters
Parents who are thinking of buying their youngsters a new bike for Christmas might want to take advantage of the Lancaster City Council’s ‘Learn to Cycle’ sessions taking place in […]
Guardian Readers Caught in Traffic
The national Guardian published a piece on moving to Lancaster last weekend, claiming one local described the town as the “Brighton of the north” (a claim usually reserved for Morecambe, […]