Articles relating to: Lancashire
Recipe: Freemasons at Wiswell’s Cheddar Hot Dog
This recipe might well be Steve Smith’s signature dish at the Freemasons at Wiswell.
Read the full story..Review: British Textile Biennial 2021
The British Textile Biennial 2021 completely inhabits East Lancashire for the entire month of October, weaving stories of the global nature of textiles and re-evaluating histories while continuing to recognise the wealth of continuing relationships.
Read the full story..Garstang is the best place ever because…
…the place has an old-fashioned charm all of its own.
Read the full story..Head for the Hills 2017 (Ramsbottom Festival): a film by Northern Soul
Ah, Rammy. Previously the Ramsbottom Festival, Head for the Hills is one of the loveliest, yummiest festivals in the world ever.
Read the full story..Ramsbottom is the best place ever because…
… erm, it’s probably not enough to say that Rammy (as the locals would have it) is ‘dead good’. I mean, it is. It’s proper good. But loads of people think that about the place they live in.
Read the full story..Review: Ramsbottom Festival 2016, Lancashire
Several years ago, I schlepped from festival to festival with my performance poet boyfriend who was performing at each one. My memory is one of wet tents, horrid Portaloos and fairly awful poetry.
Read the full story..From Corrie to Cheese: the Saddleworth Cheese Company
“I bet you didn’t know I made cheese.” This banner can be spotted at food markets up and down the country.
Read the full story..By The People, For The People: The Whitaker
Where can you see a tiger and python locked in a terrifying embrace, a baby African elephant and a genuine shrunken head? At The Whitaker Museum and Art Gallery in Rawtenstall in the heart of the Rossendale Valley.
Read the full story..Northern Soul talks to the brains behind the Ramsbottom Festival
I once described the Ramsbottom Festival as a “real humdinger“. This came back to haunt me when I spotted the quote on this year’s marketing material.
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