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 […]
Ghost stories and ghastly tales at the Ashton Memorial
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 […]