SEND THREE OR FOUR PENCE, WE ARE GOING TO A DANCE

SEND REINFORCEMENTS, WE´RE GOING TO ADVANCE the Insular Table of Culture Present at a recent meeting about publicity and arts communications here on Lanzarote was The Councillor of The Insular Table of Culture, Alberto Aguiar, and technical…

LISTEN TO STARS SPREADING RUMOURS

Whispers In The Wind Lanzarote has so little light pollution and so much silent, open countryside that we are afforded wonderful views of meteors and  falling stars all across the constellation and, almost on a nightly basis, are able…

a dinosaur goes into a library and says……

 DINOSAUR ROAMS ROCHDALE I lived in what was a hot-bed of hot bed of artistic creativity in the UK for sixty years of my life, and as an adult collaborated with other artists I much admired to produce works that were intended to be…
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CONCERTS AT THE CAMEL HOUSE

SLEEPING BEAUTY UNDER A MUCKHEAP Kirsty Wark How closely Lanzarote might resemble the desert island for which BBC Radio 4 castaway Sir Ernest Hall once selected his musical and literary preferences with Kirsty Walk is hard to say.…
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ARTS: BETWEEN COMMUNITY & DIVISION

ARTS: BETWEEN COMMUNITY & DIVISION The story turned about to be about a travelling production of a play called Trojan Horse that was playing at the time at Oldham Coliseum Theatre as part of a national tour. Two years ago the play had…
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WORDS FROM THE WRITER: LARRY YASKIEL an exclusive interview for Sidetracks And Detour

JUKE BOX JUDGE AND JURY Diligently undertaking the depth of research our readers demand of us, I googled Larry Yaskiel before conducting our interview with him, and unearthed an extensive on-line presence, though some of those entries that…
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DRAGONS, DRAMA & DRAWINGS

DRAGONS ROAM THE STREETS; THE RAT LOOKS ON a quick catch up The Year Of The Rat is the first sign in the Chinese zodiac cycle. According to the Chinese zodiac story, in the competition held by the Jade Emperor to decide the zodiac…
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SEAMUS KELLY AND SOPHIE HANNAH words from the writer: by Norman Warwick

SEAMUS KELLY AND SOPHIE HANNAH words from the writer: by Norman Warwick What Robin Parker and I started in the UK more than ten years ago soon included Steve Cooke, who took over the reins when I eventually left to come to retire here,…
INTO THE NEW YEAR WITH NEW IDEAS In its first four years of existence, when serving the arts scene in the Rochdale area of the UK, all across the arts grew from providing one page per week to The Heywood Advertiser to two pages per week.…
MORE THAN TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS It all started for us on Friday December 6th with an event that is all-inclusive and is always elegant, cheerful and bright. The Princessa Yaiza Hotel has been inaugurating a Christmas lights display for…