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07 Mar

Blackpool Skateboard Stories: Curb Culture

Catherine Mugonyi0 CommentsSports & Wellbeingenvironment, skate, skate culture, Skateboard

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] If you follow BSC on Instagram, you may have seen @curb.culture pop up a couple of times. The profile is full of vibrant images caught on 35mm film and video clips showing a variety of skaters honing and showing off their skills, but more importantly having an awesome time doing it. Continuing BSC’s skate season, I had a virtual meet-up with Adam Hopkin, skater, journalist, photographer and founder of Curb Culture: A zine that highlights independent skate culture.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]How did Curb Culture come about? Despite being in Blackpool for so long I've never had any contact with any of the creative…

07 Mar

Blackpool Skateboard Stories: Big Woody

Claire Griffiths0 CommentsEnvironment and Natureenvironment, health, skate, Skateboard, skateculture

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] I wonder a lot about skateboarding after studying Fine Art in Northampton once the home to the largest skate park in the UK, Radlands. It was there I found a peer group making work about skating and it felt like the very fabric of Northampton was made up of the sights, sounds, and musical influences of four wheels and a board. I remember speaking to a tutor who told me about a student in a previous year who painted landscapes, works depicting how he saw the world as a skater - a series of flat surfaces and potential spaces…

10 Feb

Buzz Bury chats wild connections with artist Julie Norman

Buzz Bury0 CommentsEnvironment and NatureArt, artist, environment, Green Space, illustration, nature

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The natural world has always been my go-to for creative inspiration - structure, patterns, colours and materials, there is always something new to discover. Over 20 years ago I was lucky enough to work as Blackpool Zoo’s in-house artist and had the privilege of spending time alone sketching the animals before the Zoo opened to the public each day. This unique opportunity opened my eyes to the benefits of outdoor art for wellbeing, education, and community engagement along with the fascination of reconnecting with nature and set me on a new wild pathway.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] How have you kept creative through…

14 Jan

No Lockdown Stone Unturned

Stephen Dunstan1 CommentEnvironment and Naturebirds, environment, lockdown, nature, Wildlife

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It seems a long time ago now, but in the first lockdown the roads were largely empty and most people were at home. If you asked them what they noticed, many people would have said to you that there was more birdsong as nature reasserted itself. Of course there wasn’t more birdsong really, it was just that we had more time and less aural interference getting in the way. At a local level all three lockdowns have led to a greater appreciation by Blackpool residents of one specific bird. Let me explain. The Turnstone is a familiar sight on…

30 Nov

Will you be invited to join Blackpool’s first ever climate assembly?

David Simper0 CommentsLocal Newsaction, assembly, climate, consultation, contribute, contribution, environment, takepart

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What's Blackpool's first ever climate assembly in aid of then? Let's have a look at some recent history. Things are changing and not in a good way. The summer of 1976 seemed to go on for ever. We had to have a minister for drought; people forget 1975 was a hot summer too. That was going to be a once in fifty year occurrence; it's happened several times since. By the end of the 70s we marvelled at a warm October, in our shirt sleeves; now October's virtually part of the summer, not a time for the first frosts.…