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Voices and stories of Blackpool's young homeless to be heard
Poet and spoke word artist Nathan Parker teams up with Streetlife to bring stories from the streets to life
Oct 16
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Ed Walker - The Lead North
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In the frame – Blackpool’s enduring photographic appeal
For nearly a century, photographers from Henri Cartier-Bresson to Shirley Baker have been drawn to Blackpool. Now, a cohort of local photographers are…
Oct 16
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Michael Holmes
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The fall and rise of Blackpool as a cinema town
Cinema was once central to Blackpool’s affordable glamour, with seventeen theatres at its peak. Now, nearly a year after the last Odeon went dark, the…
Oct 16
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The Turner Prize is just the start of Blackpool’s cultural ambitions
Arts leaders in Blackpool are working with the local authority to draw up a five-year Cultural Plan - so now is the right time to set out big…
Oct 16
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Laura Davis
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Controversial blackface memorabilia to form part of new museum collection
Bought by Blackpool Council as part of a private collection, the new Showtown museum collection includes a photograph and flyer from the 1920s showing…
Oct 16
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