Some of Lancashire County Council‘s historic buildings will open their doors between Thursday 10th and Sunday 13th September as part of a national promotion of local attractions. The Heritage Open […]
Sleep expert to share wisdom at free Lancaster University lecture
Having trouble sleeping? No chance for cat napping? Then a free, Public Lecture at Lancaster University may be of interest. The lecture, hosted by Lancaster University’s Department of English and […]
National Trailboat Festival on Lancaster Canal this weekend
Image: The Inland Waterways Association The Inland Waterways Association‘s 2015 National Trailboat Festival takes place this weekend (30th May – 1st June) at the Westmorland Show Ground, Crooklands, Cumbria, on the northern […]
Virtual-Lancaster.Net Newsletter: Friday 12 December 2014
The Virtual-Lancaster newsletter email comes out fortnightly to subscribers and contains the past fortnight’s news headlines and all the next fortnight’s events, as HTML links. It’s quite long – the […]
Celebrating 50 years of Higher Education in Lancaster – Behind the scenes art tour
Image courtesy University of Cumbria Lancaster’s University of Cumbria campus is celebrating its 50th anniversary year with a host of fun activities and events. Originally established as St Martin’s College, […]
Steampunk set to take over Morecambe!
The League of Splendid are inviting everyone to enjoy ‘A Splendid Day Out’ in Morecambe – “The Naples of the North” on Saturday 31st May. From noon until 4.30pm, everyone is […]
Local farmers go global for first free online course in food security
Professor Bill Davies Local food producers and farmers have been working with Lancaster University to help tackle the problem of world hunger. More than a billion people globally go to […]
Lancaster University projects aims to help local business, charities, get to grips with social media
Lancaster University’s Social Media Project Team Enactus are holding social media workshops for local business and charities. Unfortunately, we missed their posting on our own social media for today’s event (but […]
Sunday Assembly comes to Lancaster
The cultural phenomenon that is the Sunday Assembly is coming to Lancaster. In cities across the world, non-religious community groups are gathering (normally once a month) to hear short inspiring […]
Holocaust Memorial Day events taking place through January
A series of events are taking place throughout January in Lancaster to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day, which takes place on 27th January. On Sunday 19th January from 12 noon, a […]