Culture Archive
(July 2025)

17 July 2025

Gertie grows up

Following Dominique Allen’s popular Salvaged Summer trilogy, a new series of books continue along Gertie’s Path. Two local sisters with some old-fashioned determination, inspired by the “ancient stones and wonky walls of Stamford, and the church bells and birdsong that rise above, the peaceful mornings and evening paths that steer our days and the albums and Read more…

Michael Thacker – radiant stonework

Nine years ago Caroline Bingham wrote about sculptor Michael Thacker, who had recently moved to his studio in Lincoln. Michael will be one of the local artists exhibited at Sculpture at Doddington this month, so Lincolnshire Life thought it was time for a catch up. How the world has changed in the near-decade since we Read more…