Arts News
A poetic incentive to drink wine
Published 3 October 2008
Millionaire entrepreneur Felix Dennis brings some of his poems and a taste of his massive wine collection to Cumbria this month.
The drama and comedy of a night in the pub...
Published 3 October 2008
A pint, a packet of crisps, and a John Godber comedy with dark undertones, please.
Come and join the opera
Published 3 October 2008
The acclaimed singers from Lakeland Opera are holding a concert next month – and are asking members of the public to join them on stage.
Fifty great shows go out on the road
Published 3 October 2008
More than 50 shows will be staged in 30 venues in the Autumn programme for the new Highlights Rural Touring Scheme.
Returning operatic hero
Published 3 October 2008
Renowned tenor Mark Le Brocq has sung in some of the world’s most famous concert halls.
Carlisle artists’ ‘assault on the senses’
Published 3 October 2008
As the debate about provision of the arts in Carlisle continues, a group of city artists is taking the initiative with a new exhibition.
Kylie plus four inches
Published 26 September 2008
YOU GET more pop princess for your money in Carlisle. Kylie Mania, the Kylie Minogue tribute show, is at the Sands Centre tonight – and the Sands is offering a buy one ticket, get one free offer.
Chatwin’s tale of Welsh twins comes to a hall near you
Published 26 September 2008
ARTS Out West will be taking a production of On the Black Hill to rural venues in the area next month.
Sculptor Caroline puts the feather in FRED’s cap
Published 26 September 2008
When a giant white feather lands on Tarn Hows lake this weekend, some walkers will be looking for a 60-foot goose.
Christopher’s leg up to the plight of Cumbrian farming
Published 26 September 2008
YOU WOULD expect a few pairs of wellington boots on a Cumbrian farm, but 100?
Gift wrapped – a hill farm that fell by the wayside
Published 26 September 2008
THE farm where Ettie Spencer’s parents worked is up for sale – and so she is gift-wrapping it.
No escaping Dee’s image-led message
Published 26 September 2008
DO YOU sleep in after the alarm goes off? Cross dress on Sundays? Smoke Gauloises and think of France?
Field, fell, wind, water ...it’s an art invasion
Published 26 September 2008
STRANGE things are afoot on the Cumbrian fells this weekend.
Tune in to the lost city below Thirlmere
Published 26 September 2008
Not all the work at this year’s Fred Festival is visual. London-based artist Melissa Bliss is creating a work to be heard by radio.
Atkinson climbs into the ring with Tyson
Published 19 September 2008
Cumbria’s two greatest living artists came face to face at the launch of a major new exhibition at Tullie House Museum Art Gallery.
Our Black Combe days
Published 19 September 2008
Though they only met a few times, poet Norman Nicholson left a lasting and inspiring impression on Michael Bennett. And more than 30 years after their first meeting, Michael is staging an exhibition dedicated to the Millom poet.
A big, complicated hug from Annabelle
Published 19 September 2008
When Annabelle Chvostek answers her phone it transpires she has just climbed a hill in Devon, and is enjoying glorious views out to sea. A fitting setting for this free spirit to discuss her music, past and present.
There’s no place like home when you’re writing about Romans
Published 19 September 2008
Location, location, location. Cumbrian author Jim Eldridge’s home village is playing a big part in his writing.
Teenager Jenny already making a mark in the art world
Published 19 September 2008
TEENAGER Jenny Stewart has just left school, but is already making her mark in the world of art.
Actually, I did look after me teeth, says Pam Ayres
Published 12 September 2008
Pam Ayres laughs when she remembers one of the poems that made her famous, Oh, I wish I’d looked after me teeth, the hilarious remembrance of “toffees I chewed, And the sweet sticky food”.
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