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Book review: Empire: The Leopard Sword by Anthony Riches
The Empire strikes back as historian and novelist Anthony Riches takes up the thrilling story of imperial fugitive Marcus Valerius Aquila, fighting as a centurion while on the run from the deadly forces of ancient Rome.
Book review: Citizen Sailors by Glyn Prysor
For those of us who did not live through the Second World War, our perceptions of the conflict are based primarily on school text books, the accounts of later generation historians and the fiction of a thousand films and novels.
Tales from the Dales
WRITER, author, columnist, poet, a man with no less than four honorary doctorates, plus another quartet of fellowships – and a man who is the past president of the School’s Library Association, and president of the Association of Teachers of Speech and Drama.
Professor gives public lecture
A NOBEL Prize winner involved in the first ever mapping of the human genetic code is to give a public lecture in Lancaster.
Six-man band’s sheer Magnetism
A CAPELLA stars The Magnets promise to leave you gobsmacked when they bring their glorious harmonies and jaw-dropping beatboxing to the Platform.
Comedy returns to Borough
THE Lancaster Comedy Club returns to The Borough this Sunday (May 20) and who knows who might turn up?
Book review: Chocolate Shoes and Wedding Blues by Trisha Ashley
Easing yourself into a Trisha Ashley novel is rather like slipping into a comfortable – but very sparkly – pair of shoes.
Book review: The Children’s Crusade by Elliott Hall
Like an episode of TV’s Midsomer Murders, the body count starts to rise alarmingly in the final part of Elliott Hall’s chilling and futuristic Strange Trilogy.
Book review: Master and God by Lindsey Davis
Some novels impress with their research, others with their gripping storyline and others simply because they entertain.
Pillowman fights its way to the forefront
AN offshoot of local dramatics group Lancaster Footlights has been formed to move away from the mainstream and bring darker, edgier material to theatre-goers.
Singing starlet’s library date
A HOT tip for future singing stardom will perform at Lancaster Library on Monday, May 14.
TV delves into mum’s murder
THE brutal murder of a young mother and the hunt for her killer were featured on television last night.
Book review: Traitor by Rory Clements
In 1593, Lancashire was a hotbed of closet Catholics who would happily see the Protestant Elizabeth I toppled from her throne ... and the sleepy market town of Ormskirk, nestling between Preston and Southport, was the centre of a deadly conspiracy.
Book review: Berlitz USA Handbook by Jennifer Paull and Annika Hipple
Whether you are grown-up ‘gappers’ or first-time adventurers, don’t head off on holiday this year without your ideal travelling companion.
Book review: All Teachers Great and Small by Andy Seed
‘Dear Mr Seed, I am sorry that are Jack was not at school yesterday. He put on such a groth spurt in the night that nun of his clowthes fitted im next morning so I had to take him to shops. Mrs R.’
Book review: The Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England by Ian Mortimer
Climb into the passenger seat, sit back and join time traveller Ian Mortimer on a journey into some of the rotten truths about the much-heralded Elizabethan age...
Book review: The Murder Wall by Mari Hannah
Ever wondered what it’s like to be part of a high-profile murder investigation team?
A festival of fun for all
THE 2012 programme of Festivals by the Sea is just around the corner.
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Book review: Second World War Infantry Tactics by Stephen Bull
‘Battles and wars are not won unless the infantry is standing on the land that once belonged to the enemy. They live under the hardest conditions and suffer the most danger. It is the pits, a place to stay out of...’
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Kev to play Russian roulette at Winter Gardens
THE matter-of-fact way Kevin Cunliffe talks about the prospect of shooting himself dead on stage is chilling, to say the least.
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Scarecrows to help Wray villagers celebrate jubilee
IT’S not only Her Majesty the Queen who has a jubilee in 2012.
Life’s a riot for snapper Luke
TAKE a peek behind the scenes of The Dukes’ latest production at a photographic exhibition, which runs until April 29.
Book review: This Country Business by Max Hardcastle
Wit, grit and plenty of slapstick ... true Yorkshireman Max Hardcastle is back with the third instalment of his madcap memoir of life in the Dales.
Circus certainly has the Wow Factor
ROLL up, roll up – Planet Circus is bringing the Wow Factor to Lancaster.
Book review: Call Me Drog and other spring sparklers from Usborne Children’s Books
MOST books fall neatly into genres – fantasy, horror, mystery, history, romance – but there are others which defy such simple categorisation.
Casablanca at The Dukes
ONE of cinema’s most iconic romances will be screened in Lancaster on its 70th anniversary.
Book review: The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
JUST as all that King Midas touched turned to gold so almost every book that Nicholas Sparks writes seems destined for the big screen.
Morecambe band support McFly
SUPPORTING McFly at the Preston Guild Hall has given a Morecambe pop band the taste for the big time.
Book review: Chorley Borough Through Time by Jack Smith
PROGRESS has not always been kind to Chorley, a Lancashire market town since medieval times and once part of a royal forest that stretched from Bowland in the north to Bolton in the south.
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