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Hive Arts: creative Christmas market

Unusually having leave together, my wife and I caught the service 61 bus to ...

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Exhibition: Guggenhive 2022

I take the service 3 bus to join compadres at The Hive Urban Farm ...

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Inktober: my month of drawing

I wrote about the Inktober event in 2021 and wondered if anyone else had ...

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Review: Sherlock Holmes and The Valley of Fear

Having recently read Conan Doyle’s first Sherlock Holmes mystery, The Sign of Four, I ...

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Coffee, cats and cake at Cafe Meow

David Simper spends a perfect hour in Blackpool’s newest coffee shop alongside some friendly ...

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History and Haunts with David Evans

There are plenty of ghostly stories to uncover in Blackpool’s history. Stephanie Cottle joins ...

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Vitamin Sea

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Exhibition review: Regarding the Light

From the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian to the comforting glow of sodium lamps, David ...

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Creative Opportunities & commissions for November 2022

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Exhibition review: Emma Underwood at Tea Amantes

I arrived fairly early at the 10th October opening of this exhibition of paintings ...

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