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Christmas is a time for giving and receiving gifts and all that, and there are lots of articles in the pipeline on here pointing you at a suitably arty Christmas. But what about something that’s educational and free with a bit of explosive excitement to boot?  A tall order, but one that the Christmas lecture at Blackpool Sixth Form on 13 December will deliver on. ‘Flash Bang Christmas’ is a lecture open to the public covering states of matter that exist, and how a change in physical states can result in exciting physical and chemical phenomena. It is delivered by…

A community project is turning fingers green with the introduction of gardening classes for local residents. Located at St. Peter’s Church on Lytham Road, the project aims to clean up the church garden.  Herbs and vegetables will be grown in to help provide fresh food in the community as part of a wider drop-in session which takes place at the church every Friday afternoon. Hosted by the church, the council and Bay Housing Association, local residents in the area to access up to date information and advice on issues such as housing and jobs as well computers to support weekly…

What do you get when you put a load of young Jeff Kinney fans in the magnificent Blackpool Tower Ballroom with the man himself? A flipping good night actually! For anyone who hasn’t got children, or has only been dragged into the movie iterations of his work, Jeff Kinney is the cartoonist and author responsible for one of the most popular pre-teen book series in the world: Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The newly released Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down is the eleventh book in the phenomenally successful children’s collection. In this instalment, the pressure's really piling up…

Deal Or No Deal is very much in the ‘marmite’ mould, you either love it or hate it and there were predictably mixed reactions when it was announced the current series is to be the last on Channel 4. TV programmes can of course make a comeback, often many years later as the sixteen-year sojourn of Doctor Who showed. But for now DOND is bowing out with a series of shows in iconic venues, and today one of those is being filmed in Blackpool’s very own Tower Ballroom. For those unfamiliar with it DOND is a game show format imported…

Panto season is just around the corner and the Grand Theatre are giving families the chance to win six tickets to see Aladdin. All you need to do is find his magic lamp. The wicked Abanazar has stolen the lamp and hidden it in Houndshill Shopping Centre. Now we must help Aladdin find the lamp before Abanazar unleashes his evil plot upon Blackpool. From Monday 31 October to Saturday 5 November, a competition will be held in conjunction with four secret store locations within Houndshill Shopping Centre. Each shop will hide the stunning lamp in their store window on different days throughout…

Not sure how to while away the daylight half-term hours before the fantastic Lightpool activities get underway? If you have younger creative types to entertain a spooktacular option is the Halloween themed activities at The Mount Pavillion, Fleetwood from this coming Saturday through to Bonfire Night. The free programme assembled by LeftCoast brings together a wide selection of things to do including arts and crafts, storytelling, street art and more. The Spin Doctors are back with their fantastic splodge-a-matic machine on Saturday 29 October from 1 to 4pm. Creepy additions have been unleashed and the Monster-Splodge-A-Matic spin painting machine will…