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SIXTY YEARS, SIXTY STORIES

I am proud to be director of Paintings in Hospitals and of the work the charity does. You can struggle with isolation when in hospital or ill and I have personally witnessed the power of paintings in care homes. Our work has never been more important. Please continue to support us´.

ART MAKES US FEEL BETTER

A recent report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing found that art can help meet challenges in health and social care around ageing, loneliness, long-term conditions and mental health. It also found that art can help save money in the care sector

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY CELEBRATIONS UK: 2021

International Jazz Day is an International Day declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 2011 ´to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe´. It is celebrated annually on April 30.

final day of Sidetracks & Detours virtually Free Fiesta On Lanzarote: THE ART OF ISLAND LIFE

We had witnessed a wonderful evening of how the arts are employed to celebrate events such Dias de Canarias,

day four of five of Sidetracks & Detours virtually Free Fiesta On Lanzarote: WE ARE READY AND WAITING

Now is the right time for politicians and institutions to get to work, we are already late but there is still time if the batteries are put into operation. Then we can welcome back our tourists by offering a more modern and even more enjoyable holiday experience.
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day three of five of our ´virtually´ Free Fiesta On Lanzarote: ISLAND SIDETRACKS & DETOURS

Experienced surfers frequent this area especially during the ´winter swells´

day two of five in our Free Fiesta On Lanzarote: FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES

the ring-leaders were executed and their bodies were then thrown into a ravine near Teguise that to this day bears the name Barranca de la Horca, a neatly descriptive title meaning ´Valley Of The Gallows´.

TRAVELS WITH A TROMBONE

´Perhaps some people underestimate the creativity that went into some original jazz masterpieces but working as a band you find out what possible adjustments can be done to make a tune sound right and how to stretch out the bits that are important.´

THE WORLD ALL STOPPED TO WATCH IT

little dogs laughing to see such fun and dishes running away with spoons and children on bicycles in black silhouette heading homeward