Articles relating to: Chester
Photo Gallery: Chester city centre reopens after lockdown
As the lockdown restrictions are lessened, many non-essential retail stores are beginning to open their doors.
Read the full story..Theatre Review: The Borrowers, Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre, Chester
It was always going to be interesting to discover how the world of The Borrowers, those helpful miniature beings, would be created.
Read the full story..Review: The Secret Seven, Storyhouse, Chester
Somewhat surprisingly, this is the first time the estate of Enid Blyton has authorised an adaptation of the very English adventures of The Secret Seven.
Read the full story..Review: All or Nothing, Storyhouse, Chester
Actors have a thing where, when they go to audition for a TV ad, they walk into the waiting room and find 20 people sitting there who look exactly like them.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: GinnelWatch – time to show us your ginnels!
We love a good ginnel at Northern Soul. But, depending on where you’re from, there are all sorts of words for what essentially amounts to an alleyway, including jennel, snicket, vennel, gennel, jitty and jetty.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: GinnelWatch – time to show us your ginnels!
We love a good ginnel at Northern Soul.
Read the full story..Northern Soul chats to the brains behind Storyhouse, Chester’s new arts centre
By chance I found myself sitting next to Sam Dixon, the leader of Chester Council, at The Beggar’s Opera, the official opening performance for the city’s spanking new arts centre Storyhouse.
Read the full story..What’s on in Chester: an insider’s guide
For a city famous across the globe for its rich past, Chester is very much focused on the present and the future when it comes to its diverse cultural offering.
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