(Updated 17/12/08): The closure of the Lancaster Citizen office in November has sadly proved to be the first stage in a slow death for the City’s once most read free […]
Student Drama at the Dukes
University of Cumbria third year Drama students will be producing and performing two popular family based comedies at The Dukes, Lancaster in January. Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall’s Billy Liar […]
Festive fun at West End children’s party
Winning Back Morecambe’s West End held a Christmas party for more than 150 local children last weekend. The party took place at The Carleton on Sunday and was free to […]
Atkins Demands Better Food Labelling
Local MEP Sir Robert Atkins has called for a better labelling regime for processed foods after it emerged that food packaged as “Made in Britain” could contain Irish pork caught […]
Putting an End to University Research?
An article in subtext (http://www.lancs.ac.uk/subtext/) notes that Lancaster University Vice-Chancellor Paul Wellings has been advising the government to close down research funding to Lancaster and have it as primarily just […]
Happy Birthday, Spotlight!
Lancaster’s regular poets, writers and other performers event The Spotlight Club celebrates its 13th birthday on Friday 19 December at the Yorkshire House. Top of the bill for the 150th […]
New Credit Crunch Initiatives Announced for Local Business
The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) has just hosted an event with senior regional representatives from the major banks operating in the North West in an effort to co-ordinate support […]
Council to launch new sustainable communities strategy
The Lancaster District Local Strategic Partnership will be launching its new Sustainable Community Strategy on Friday (12th December) at The Platform in Morecambe. The strategy sets out the long term […]
In Review: Philip Fawcett’s Piano Recital at St. Peter’s Cathedral
A Review by Humble Sam When our forefathers erected the first churches of Europe to worship God, they were certainly unaware that one day exceptional musicians would perform profound pieces […]
Powering Up New Video Art…
Heysham Power Stations are playing an integral part in Liverpool’s Year of Culture, with the sites featuring in a new video installation by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark frontman Andy […]