Culture Archive
(December 2014)

1 December 2014

Darren’s the Panto King – Oh yes he is!

Lincolnshire born and bred, Darren Maddison is producing pantomimes all over the UK. Jean Rush spoke with him at the Spalding headquarters of Polka Dot Pantomimes. With an impressive West End career behind him, at a very early age, Darren Maddison is now a leading producer of pantomimes and Christmas shows, and the hub of Read more…

O H Boyd Woodcarver, sculptor, portrait artist & author

It isn’t every day that you encounter the Astronomer Royal, George Stubbs and John Harrison, the ‘Father of Longitude’, all above life-size and immortalised in wood. It isn’t every day that you meet as talented a woodcarver, sculptor and artist as the man who created these incredibly detailed masterpieces either. O Howard Boyd loves to Read more…

Book news and reviews – December 14

Independent bookshop Lindum Books in Bailgate, Lincoln has been awarded a grant from bestselling author James Patterson to fund interactive storytelling sessions with Rhubarb Theatre. Patterson has pledged to donate £250,000 to bookshops in the UK, with the money to be used to encourage children to read. Voting for the Lincolnshire Young People’s Book Awards Read more…