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Hidden Gems, Culture Focus

Promoting local organisations, projects and people

(Articles previously printed in the Fenland Citizen)

Library ‘Engage’ Events

The library is of course a source of information on all things, but did you know they run regular activities and events? You can find something to suit everyone. I went along to one of their “Engage” events today, always the last Thursday morning of the month. Today’s Engage was with Diane Calton Smith, a …

Secret Garden Touring Park

Firstly, I’d like to thank all the people who have supported me and what I’ve been doing in this paper and elsewhere over the years. I hope to continue to “promote the positive” of the town: its heritage, events, activities, places, shops, the people who’ve been here generations, and the newcomers. I do it to …

Promoting Wisbech’s Independent Shops

A while ago a young reporter from Cambridge came to Wisbech and recorded his thoughts – mostly negative ones – as a Facebook video stream. I responded to him there and then, but it pushed me to get all these columns I’ve been writing off the printed page and onto the internet so I can …