Culture Archive
(September 2017)

1 September 2017

A new star in the family

He’s only thirteen, but Harry Marcus is already upholding a family tradition after a landing a part in primetime TV drama Poldark. Both the youngster’s parents Jamie and Julie Marcus have acted on TV and appeared in stage shows, while his grandfather was a cabaret singer, and now Harry is following in their footsteps by Read more…

East Coast inspiration

In February this year The Times reported on a manuscript that had been received unexpectedly by the publishing firm Hodder and Stoughton. The sender of the brown paper package was ninety-year-old Frank White, a Marshchapel based writer whose previous novel for the Hodder imprint had appeared fifty-three years previously. The new book he had submitted Read more…

History at its heart

As Lincoln continues to mark more significant anniversaries connected with its medieval past, this year’s week-long Lincoln Book Festival (25th–30th September) is putting history at its heart. The packed programme for 2017 will see some of the country’s best known historians, broadcasters and historical fiction writers visiting the city to discuss their particular passions. In Read more…