Antonia Charlesworth, Author at Blackpool Social Club

18 Jul

A Big Issue: Publishing and the pandemic

Antonia Charlesworth0 CommentsColumns & Opinionbig issue, community, creativity

Big Issue North's deputy editor explains why the magazine is supporting Blackpool Social Club, and why you should support the magazine during an especially difficult time for its vendors Ten years is long enough to do any one thing so when, in the week that marked 10 years since I first wrote Big Issue North’s listings, I sat down to the familiar routine of drawing together the weekly cultural highlights across the region and there were none, I wish I could say it was a welcome change. Instead, it signalled the end of our social and cultural calendars for a…

09 Jul

Crafty callout: can you sew masks for street vendors?

Antonia Charlesworth0 CommentsColumns & Opinion, Local Newsbigissue, ppe

Big Issue North needs you! People who sell the magazine on the streets are returning to work and need kitting out in full PPE. If you can sew, the organisation would be hugely grateful for donations of reusable facemasks. On Monday 23rd March, for the safety of vendors and customers, Big Issue North was pulled from the street for the first time since its foundation. It launched a hardship fund to cover vendors’ cost of living while they were unable to work, but for many, coping financially was far from the only concern on their mind. Big Issue North vendors…

30 Jun

Cold Ices, Warm Hearts.

Antonia Charlesworth0 CommentsFood and Drink, Heritage

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For the first summer in over 90 years Notarianni’s ice cream parlour was forced to close its shutters this year as Covid-19 hit home for the family. Now, after reopening the takeaway hatch their loyal customers are joining the queue for their fix. Antonia Charlesworth talks to the Vettese family about their history and their future.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="29187" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] If you happened to be strolling along South Promenade in the last few weeks, in the sunshine that’s been the redeeming feature of much of lockdown, you might have noticed the familiar queue of people snaking out from…

26 Oct

Review and Gallery: Bon Iver at Blackpool Opera House

Antonia Charlesworth0 CommentsMusic & Gigs

Live from Blackpool Opera House, 25 October 2017. Photos: CJGriffiths Photography Though Bon Iver’s latest album 22, A Million is brimful of technical trickery, and musically a polar opposite from his 2008 breakthrough album For Emma, his performance at Blackpool Opera House on Monday night proved it can be stripped back to the same intimacy that his debut exuded after being written in the Wisconsin wilderness, in a log cabin, following a break-up. 22, A Million brought more mainstream success for Justin Vernon, AKA Bon Iver but, clearly uncomfortable with the acclaim, the folk singer is performing in venues off…