Culture Archive
(May 2012)

1 May 2012

Tracing a colonial clan

Lincolnshire author Ian Macalpine-Leny tells the story of his extended family in an entertaining and informative new book, tracing his ancestry from eighteenth-century Scotland to present day Doddington, with many lively tales in between, including an expedition in the Aden Hinterland and a round of golf with Crown Prince Hirohito and Edward, Prince of Wales. Read more…

A man who thinks of the words

Caroline Bingham visited artist and craftsman, John Shaw at his Market Rasen workshop to learn more about the art of lettering and design. I visit many different types of workshop around the county when I am researching information for features in Lincolnshire Life. There are noisy ones, those workshops that have their own scents and Read more…