Cracks, beauty, and belonging: The Nature of Gothic, Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery
Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery is not often the centre of national cultural attention. Yet...
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Looking Up, Pat Flynn, Fusebox, Blackburn
Blink, and you’ve missed it. Looking Up, a loop of Pat Flynn’s CGI-animated shorts,...
Read MoreFood Review: Northcote, Langho, Blackburn
I am many things but I am not a good cook. During my GCSE Home Economics exam I burnt a potato in the microwave, sending waves of pungent fumes throughout the school. As I looked up in anguish at my teacher, she said “um,...
Read MoreBlackburn: Walking from here to there
Outside Blackburn’s Madina Mosque the terraced streets roll down into a valley where the town centre spreads out comfortably, but another steep incline begins into the green hills above. The view from a place of worship is...
Read MoreReview: British Textile Biennial 2019, Blackburn
It feels even colder and wetter than Manchester as I step off the train at Blackburn. But it is this climate that allowed the cotton industry to thrive here and whose legacy the inaugural British Textile Biennial (which runs...
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