Culture Archive
(March 2022)

22 March 2022

Art which occupies its space

Tim Saunders meets Lincolnshire sculptor Teresa Wells, whose work forms the centrepiece of the Blue Peter garden at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show (24th–28th May). “The clay sculpture has been created, the maquette has been made, it’s all been approved,” says Teresa, who only moved to the county last October, having fallen in love Read more…

Review of the reads – April 2022

Billy Rags by Ted Lewis Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of Ted Lewis’s death, No Exit Press has republished two more of his 1970s crime novels, continuing the revival of interest in his work that has followed on from Nick Triplow’s fine 2017 biography. Lewis drew upon the North Lincolnshire region familiar from his youth Read more…

18 March 2022

Cathedral will host incredible show and music

Ben and I met in the Cathedral Café, which gave me a moment to admire the Dean’s Eye rose window as I crossed the garden path to the entrance – and how fitting that one of the first things Ben mentioned was a replica stained-glass window which will be a stunning prop for some of Read more…