Things to do in Lancashire, events & lifestyle

Jinkx Monsoon and Major Scales make an appearance at The Dukes this spring

A look ahead to the 2019 Inspiring Women Awards

Wed, 12:41

Jacqueline Hughes-Lundy, from Timperley, founder and organiser of the Inspiring Women Awards. Photo by Paul Grogan Photography

The annual Inspiring Women Awards are an opportunity to celebrate some of the region’s amazing women.

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12 reasons to visit Liverpool in 2019

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 Mairead Mahon

It’s going to be one of the most exciting years to visit this transformed city. Mairead Mahon reveals some of the best events

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What's On in Lancashire and the Lake District in April 2019

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Our guide to the best events in and around Lancashire during April

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'Hidden Gems' fashion exhibition moves to Gawthorpe Hall

Friday, March 29, 2019

Striking materials made this a colourful event

A fashion exhibition created by women from Burnley’s Asian community has been so successful it will now move to Gawthorpe Hall, home to an internationally renowned collection of textiles.

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Restaurant review - The Counter House, Manchester

00:00 Louise Allen-Taylor

Digest this mini review in 60 seconds.

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Manchester Restaurants

Restaurant review - Dishoom, Manchester

Friday, March 29, 2019 Janet Reeder

Dishoom on Bridge Street, Manchester combines the flavours and ambiance of the old Irani cafes with a huge helping of style. Janet Reeder

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Manchester

Restaurant review - Sunset by Australasia, Manchester

Thursday, March 21, 2019 Janet Reeder

Don’t wait for the summer to enjoy the Asian flavours of Sunset by Australasia in Manchester’s Spinningfields.

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Asian Food Spinningfields

Visiting the local businesses of Hawkshead

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 Words: Mike Glover - Photography: Milton Haworth

Hawkshead is one of the prettiest villages in the Lakes

Hawkshead may look like it has stepped back in time, with traffic-free streets and period buildings around a cobbled square, but it’s home to some sharp, innovative business brains

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The £20 million Windermere Jetty Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories

Monday, April 8, 2019 Mike Glover

The museum tells the story of 200 years of boating (Image: Carmody Groarke)

It has taken decades to achieve, but it’s now full steam ahead for a major new Lakes attraction. Mike Glover reports.

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Windermere

Short break - The Worsley Park Marriott Hotel and Country Club

Wednesday, March 27, 2019 Mairead Mahon

Many bedrooms have views over the grounds

This city-meets-country hotel has just celebrated its 20th anniversary with a revamp. Mairead Mahon finds out what makes it so popular

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Behind the scenes at Manchester's legendary Afflecks Palace

Thursday, March 21, 2019 Words: Janet Reeder - Photos: Paul Morgans

Shopping at Manchester’s famous emporium isn’t just for students, tourists and celebs like Lady Gaga.

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Manchester Manchester

The Bay - new TV crime drama set in Morecambe

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 Susan Griffin

Detective Sergeant Lisa Armstrong in The Bay (c) Tall Story Pictures/Ben Blackall

Morecambe is the setting for a gritty crime drama which has viewers on the edge of their seats, as Susan Griffin reports

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Morecambe

Full Circle Retreats - a unique method of relaxtion in the Lake District

Thursday, April 11, 2019 Words: Roger Borrell - Photography: Andrew Nicholaides and Julie Robinson

Painting sessions with Jo McGrath and Katherine Beaumont (Picture: Julie Robinson)

It’s horses for courses on meditation and well-being in Windermere with some creativity thrown in.

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Equestrian

Can foot reading help you learn more about yourself?

Friday, April 5, 2019 Alisha Davis

Jane and one of her novels 'Let's Read Our Feet'

It’s time to let the feet do the talking as we speak to celebrity foot reader in Scarisbrick

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Wedding Jewellery Fashion Shoot - Whittles Jewellers

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Whittles Jewellers Fashion Shoot - photo Cat Powell

Make a statement on your special day with these timeless pieces from Whittles Jewellers

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10 great hill walks in Lancashire

Wed, 00:00

The path to Darwen Tower by John Lenehan

Head for the the heights with this selection of walks on higher ground in Lancashire.

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Lancashire walk - Weets Hill and Barnoldswick

Wednesday, April 10, 2019 John Lenehan

Glorious views on the climb to Weets Hill

John Lenehan makes a long overdue return to a part of Lancashire with some beautiful views and a few odd chickens.

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5 great spring walks in the Lake District

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 Lesley Williams

Since it launched 50 years ago, Milnthorpe publisher Cicerone has produced 400 walking guides. Here are five of their favourite routes.

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Spring Lake District Walks

Garstang has always been a somewhat of a crossroads with the River Wyre, the Lancaster Canal and the M6 and the A6 passing close by here. It’s also a convenient base to explore some fine local routes on foot.

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Lancashire walk - Whalley Heritage Trail

Wednesday, March 13, 2019 John Lenehan

The Whalley Viaduct took seven million bricks to construct

John Lenehan leaves his map at home and takes us on a guided walk around the historic village of Whalley

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Arts

Theatre review - Lancastrians, Chorley Town Hall

Yesterday, 15:22 David Upton

Natasha Patel, Matthew Durkan and Roberta Kerr in Lancastrians. Picture: Chris Payne

A luv letter to Lancashire, deftly crafted out of hours of conversation with 500 of its inhabitants, and edited into 80 minutes of lovingly-acted verbatim theatre.

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Lancastrians - a new play inspired by the people of Lancashire

Wed, 13:22

A picture of Lancashire for cast members Natasha Patel, Roberta Kerr and Matthew Durkan (Picture: Darren Andrews)

Five hundred people were asked what it meant to them to be Lancastrian and their answers have been turned into a stage play. Louise Bryning reports.

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Me, Thee & Ev - the Lancashire band who find inspiration in Bowland

Mon, 00:00 Words and photography: Irene Amiet

Musical duo Evie Rapson and Tom Gill pictured in inspirational Bowland

Bowland is the one place I have worked where I’m late for work because of the views and not the traffic jams.’ It’s a phrase that Hetty Byrne has heard more than once among colleagues at the office that looks after this treasured if largely undiscovered part of wild Lancashire.

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Theatre review - West Side Story, Royal Exchange, Manchester

Friday, April 12, 2019 David Upton

Andy Coxon (Tony) and Gabriela Garcia (Maria) in West Side Story. Picture: Richard Davenport

The Broadway classic comes to Manchester.

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Theatre review - The Picture of Dorian Gray, Theatre by the Lake

Wednesday, April 10, 2019 Ken Powell

Daniel Goode (Basil), Jonathan Wrather (Lord Henry) and Gavin Fowler (Dorian Gray). Photography by Craig Sugden.

Something is decaying badly at Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake (TBTL) and it is sinfully good.

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Theatre Reviews

Theatre review - Lancastrians, Chorley Town Hall

Yesterday, 15:22 David Upton

A luv letter to Lancashire, deftly crafted out of hours of conversation with 500 of its inhabitants, and edited into 80 minutes of lovingly-acted verbatim theatre.

Read Full Story »

Lancastrians - a new play inspired by the people of Lancashire

Wed, 13:22

Five hundred people were asked what it meant to them to be Lancastrian and their answers have been turned into a stage play. Louise Bryning reports.

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Theatre review - West Side Story, Royal Exchange, Manchester

Friday, April 12, 2019 David Upton

The Broadway classic comes to Manchester.

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Theatre review - The Picture of Dorian Gray, Theatre by the Lake

Wednesday, April 10, 2019 Ken Powell

Something is decaying badly at Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake (TBTL) and it is sinfully good.

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Theatre review - Creditors, Theatre by the Lake, Keswick

Tuesday, March 26, 2019 Ken Powell

James Sheldon (Adolf) and Dorothea Myer-Bennett (Tekla). Photo by Robert Day.

Swedish playwright August Strindberg’s masterpiece comes to Keswick.

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Photography

Photographer profile - Inger Vandyke

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 WOrds: Irene Amiet - Photography: Inger Vandyke

Stunning coplours are a feature of Inger's work. These are Mir girls in India (Picture Inger Vandyke)

Clitheroe’s Inger Vandyke doesn’t just travel the world taking stunning pictures of threatened species and communities facing destruction – she also provides practical help. She spoke to Irene Amiet/

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photography

Join In Enter the 2019 Lancashire Life photography competition

Friday, January 25, 2019

Last year�s winning shot was taken by Bernard Noblett of Chorley

Start snapping for our annual photography competition in association with Wilkinson Cameras

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photography

Photographer profile - Alastair Lee

Monday, November 26, 2018 Roger Borrell

Philippe Handford, lead artist of the Pendle Sculpture Trail, with his stunning piece ‘Reconnected 2’ in Aitken Wood.

Multi award-winning photographer Alastair Lee has been back to the place he loves the best and produced another stunning collection of Pendle landscapes. He spoke to Roger Borrell

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Competitions

Win Win a Napoleon Gas Barbecue worth over £800

Tue, 00:04

It’s almost time to get out the barbecue and we have a top of the range grill that will make your garden parties sizzle.

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Win Win a gin experience for two in Harrogate

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Join the experts at Slingsby and concoct your own gin with a memorable overnight stay for two

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Win a £1,000 interiors makeover with ILIV

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Lancashire-based ILIV’s inspiring new fabric collections could transform your home with a mix of contemporary and traditional designs.

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Food & Drink

Restaurant review - The Counter House, Manchester

00:00 Louise Allen-Taylor

Digest this mini review in 60 seconds.

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Manchester Restaurants

The Cake Pavilion - bespoke wedding cakes made in Lancashire

Wed, 00:00

Hand painted birds (Picture: Jules Fortune)

Suzie Bunner swapped her high pressure role in the NHS for the joys of cake making. But with her creations costing up to £4,500 it’s a serious business. Roger Borrell reports

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Win Win a Napoleon Gas Barbecue worth over £800

Tue, 00:04

It’s almost time to get out the barbecue and we have a top of the range grill that will make your garden parties sizzle.

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Hoof - Lancashire's coffee milk stout

Thursday, April 4, 2019

Moss Edge Farm from Cockerham and Atkinson’s Coffee from Lancaster make the perfect blend.

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Events

A look ahead to the 2019 Inspiring Women Awards

Wed, 12:41

The annual Inspiring Women Awards are an opportunity to celebrate some of the region’s amazing women.

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12 reasons to visit Liverpool in 2019

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 Mairead Mahon

It’s going to be one of the most exciting years to visit this transformed city. Mairead Mahon reveals some of the best events

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What's On in Lancashire and the Lake District in April 2019

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Our guide to the best events in and around Lancashire during April

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'Hidden Gems' fashion exhibition moves to Gawthorpe Hall

Friday, March 29, 2019

A fashion exhibition created by women from Burnley’s Asian community has been so successful it will now move to Gawthorpe Hall, home to an internationally renowned collection of textiles.

Read Full Story »

People

A look ahead to the 2019 Inspiring Women Awards

Wed, 12:41

The annual Inspiring Women Awards are an opportunity to celebrate some of the region’s amazing women.

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Catherine Simpson on her critically-acclaimed memoir: When I Had a Little Sister

Thursday, March 28, 2019

Catherine Simpson’s new memoir has received rave reviews in the national media. Here, the author reveals the back story to her tragic tale.

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Chris Neve - Lancashire's famous fish merchant

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Fish man Chris Neve at The Farmers Arms, Great Eccleston

Chris Neve is so passionate about fish that he once woke his wife in the middle of the night to eulogise about his catch

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Seafood Pub Co

My favourite place - Mark Gilligan

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Mark's shot of the Esk Valley - from sheep 'manicured' fields to magnificent mountainous terrain

Salford-born Mark Gilligan is award-winning photographer whose work in the Lake District has brought international acclaim.

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Ad Feature Raymond James Investment Services, proud to be in the heart of your community

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

At Raymond James Ribble Valley, we provide bespoke financial planning and investment management for our clients, who are largely based throughout Lancashire. We have a team of 17 people working in specialist roles, based in Longridge, to help our clients meet their financial objectives and life goals.

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Homes & Gardens

Ad Feature Can a property finder help you find your dream home?

Thursday, March 14, 2019 Alisha Davis

Grays Property Finders will help you negotiate the best purchase price

Take the time and hassle out of finding your ideal property with Grays Property Finder

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Ad Feature Fellside - a unique living opportunity in the village of Chipping

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

A brand new development of homes in the highly desirable location of the Ribble Valley combines beautiful design and cutting edge technology for homebuyers in the region.

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