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NEWS, PREVIEWS, INTERVIEWS AND REVIEWS

GOSPEL, PERCUSSION, CLASSICAL, CHORAL AND STARRY SKIES Latonius & The Faith Theory in Arrecife La Tempestad in Arrecife Mijail Saprychev, classical pianist at El Grifo Miguel Aguearralde, book  launch, in Arrecife The…
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CIRCUS CHANGES

FROM MR. KITE TO CIRCUBA Elegant tents were pegged on the Rambla Medular in Arrecife with posters plastered all over the city centre announcing that, for almost a month, Cuba´s National Circus was in town. Whatever the old romantic tales…
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A WRITER AND HIS HOUSE OF BOOKS

José Saramago and a home in Tias. The moment the tour guide invites you over the threshold of the place where José Saramago once lived, you know you are entering a house  of books; a house that was obviously his place of work, and also…

BACKWARDS AND FORWARD all across the arts

ISLAND ART Around this time last year, as I collated a review, for the all across the arts pages on the Lanzarote Information web site, of the myriad arts and culture events that had taken place on the island over the previous twelve months,…
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A GOOD NEWS STORY

YOU DON´T NEED WORDS TO SAY   Throughout the past four years, whilst I have been living here on Lanzarote, a former member of a writing group I ran in the UK has stayed in touch via e mail and her prodigious facebook outpourings.…

FOOD FOR THOUGHT AFTER FESTIVAL

FOOD FESTIVAL & A TASTE OF THE FUTURE The Annual Festival Enogastronomy Saborea Lanzarote: 2019 A gastronomical event was always included as part of the annual Rochdale Feel Good arts and cultural Festival in the years I spent covering…

NOT FOLLOWING THE MAP

HOW WE GOT HERE FROM THERE I spent the first half of what I laughingly call my ´career´ in the UK, writing songs with my musical partner Colin Lever. Calling ourselves Lendanear we played the folk circuit in the North West of England and…

ARTS AND POLITICS: THE ODD COUPLE

ARTS AND POLITICS: THE ODD COUPLE With the UK holding an election in December that, even if the parties each try to address social issues, will inevitably be about Brexit and November 10th the date of a general election being held in Spain…

ARTS, CULTURE, CUSTOM & CHURCH

CHESTNUTS AND OLD SPANISH CUSTOMS All Saints Day in Spain (Todos Los Santos) takes place on November 1st. It is a very important national public holiday throughout Spain, when people, from all over the country, return to their town or village…

ROCHDALE LITERATURE & IDEAS FESTIVAL 2019

LITERATURE AND IDEAS IN ROCHDALE The title of the festival reflects the wishes of the benefactors who, a few years ago, left a significant bequest to the borough library services. It also reflects the fact that history reminds that at least…