Community Groups, Heritage and those who work for themselves
As we approach the end of the year, I’ve been thinking about what I’ve seen achieved by the community groups I’ve met, and also what I’ve been doing. With this column I wanted to champion the hidden gems with a focus on heritage, community and those who work for themselves in the creative sector. I’ve …
The Heritage of Wisbech
Well, it’s all go in the heritage world of Wisbech! It’s heartening to see that after some years of local groups and people working hard to support the town’s heritage and talking to national funding organisations, that it has all been worth it and the projects are now coming in thick and fast. We’re going …
Wisbech, Fenland and Hidden Gems January 2017
The titles of this column are because there is so much fantastic history, cultural activities and amazing small businesses in Wisbech and throughout the Fens that were often called “hidden gems”, so I wanted to shout about them! I have however not been mentioning the Museum and the Castle as much as I could recently, …
November 2016
I started this column to promote Wisbech in particular and the Fens in general as a “Hidden Gem”, with a “Culture Focus”. I’m now finding more and more people are noticing the Fens, Wisbech in particular, as a place to be. For example, is our little corner of Cambridgeshire now more within reach of the …
Granny’s Cupboard
This week, I’m looking forward even more than usual to finding out what the headline for this column will be, as I think I’m going to take all the best descriptions here… I finally managed to get myself to the Old Market on the right day to visit Granny’s Cupboard. It’s a hidden gem, a …
Just Ballet 2016
For my first indie retailer article of the year, I had a chat with the owner of the new shop I spotted opening in Hill Street late last year. I noted the name and found “Just Ballet” online, via Facebook and Twitter. I had a brief twitter chat for #fenshour (see my website for more!) …
Ouse Washes Landscape Partnership and Christmas
Do you know where you live? I mean really know? I went to a conference recently, run by the Ouse Washes Landscape Partnership (OWLP). A day of excellent academic speakers talking us through the archaeology of the last few thousand years of the Fens! The OWLP blog is full of information to help you learn …
Heritage Open Days August 2015
Lorena runs Red Barn Creative a local arts organisation to support artists/makers and also offers sewing and crochet classes. I hope the summer holidays have been good to you, and we get a few more weeks of sunny outdoors weather left (particularly on WisBeach day, August 31st – such a great idea! Go to …