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Holker Hall origins
IN 12 years the garden festival, set within one of England's most beautiful gardens, has flourished in the best horticultural traditions to become the Chelsea of the North. The brainchild of Lord and Lady Cavendish to organise a gathering in Holker Hall's
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Praise for festival
CUMBRIA Tourist Board is quick to praise a festival that has, in 12 years, become one of the most successful events in the county's calendar. Visitor numbers have increased annually, giving the local economy a fantastic boost, it says. Last year's event
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Jewellery with a life of its own...
IT MIGHT not be packed with sparkling diamonds the size of small boulders but the jewellery of Wendy Ramshaw is every bit as eye catching. Working with feathers, plastics, ceramics, metals, even paper, you could say she's the jewel in the crown of contemporary
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Adrian Mullen's Arts Diary
That sensational wizard of the violin, Marat Bisengaliev, graces the region with his playing next Saturday (May 15, 7.30pm) at Kendal's Westmorland Hall, as soloist for the Westmorland Orchestra's summer concert. The charismatic Russian returns for his
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Lakes Artists
THE founding fathers of the Lake Artists take centre stage in a special exhibition to celebrate the society's 100th birthday. Coniston's Ruskin Museum where the society's first show was held is staging a show of work by the 20 founder members of the
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Musical feast
A SHOWCASE of vocal and instrumental talent from Queen Katherine School students is staged at Kendal Parish Church on Sunday, May 16 (8pm). It features Jo Ashcroft playing Chaminade's Flute Concertino, clarinettist Sally Wilson in a Philip Lane concertino
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Flute sonata was a present for everyone!
THOUGH it was David Haslam who was retiring, after 40 years as principal flautist of Northern Sinfonia, it was the audience in the Westmorland Hall who received the present: a delightful account of Poulenc's flute sonata (in Lennox Berkeley's orchestration
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Winning Young Art Critic...
THIS year's winner of the Young Art Critics competition, run by The Westmorland Gazette and Abbot Hall Art Gallery, is Rhiannon Hunter, 17. She is a Sixth Form art student at Dallam School, Milnthorpe, who wrote the winning critique of the Celia Paul:
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Young at heart - Sites that really do deliver...
The worldwide web seems to be really coming into its own these days. Many of the new sites being promoted are targeting a younger generation, and are doing a very good job of it. Surfing through the in-basket this week, it was interesting to see how some
