The People’s Stage: bidding for City of Culture at Blackpool Opera House
The Tower has always been a compass, pointing North with something of the same self-assurance that...
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On an atypically sweltering Blackpool afternoon, Vengaboys are belting out the tinny gospel of...
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There’s an art to parting, a chance to frame the end credits on one’s own terms. As it...
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Ai Weiwei, whose monumental works currently loom large over the hangar-like warehouse space at...
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