Join the staff of Williamson Park (if you dare!) for a spine-chilling evening full of shocks and scares, ghost stories and local scary tales on Saturday 20th December, with a […]
Citizen to Close?
Hot on the heels of the closure of the Lancaster offices of the Lancaster Citizen last month (see “When is a Local paper no longer Local?”) comes the news that […]
Centros Campaigners To Plead Not Guilty
Four Lancastrians will plead not guilty to the charge of Aggravated Trespass on Thursday after being arrested following a protest at the offices of Centros, the development company behind the […]
Othello (Lancaster University Drama Group)
If you’ve never seen it before, Othello is a great play, all about identity, ethnicity, gender relations – and, of course, misplaced trust and consequent jealousy. The ‘green-eyed monster’ looms […]
Protesters Take Fight to Centros Office
On Monday 1st December, nine campaigners from Lancaster travelled to London to protest at the offices of Centros, the development company behind the plans for the Lancaster canal corridor shopping […]
Protesters’ Statement to Centros
Centros… at the heart of urban degeneration… Why are we here? We’ve come to the offices of Centros today to peacefully demonstrate against the planned invasion of our town and […]
John Kierdie Watson: A Tribute
Many people in Lancaster have been shocked and saddened to hear of the death of John Kierdie Watson, who was for many years a Trades Unionist in the NHS who […]
Local Publisher Seeks Submissions
Local publisher Flax, which is back by Lancaster Litfest, is gearing up for new series of digital anthologies to be published throughout 2009, and they’re hoping they’ll build on the […]
Bringing the House Down – Literally!
Going, going, gone! Workers this week demolished a house on the corner of Torrisholme and Oxford Roads in Skerton to make way for a larger BP garage. Planning permission was […]
Government, Business Brace for North West Downturn
Minister for the North West Beverley Hughes has met business leaders from across the North West to spell out the measures being taken by the Government to ensure that the […]