Why Lancashire is better than Yorkshire

From September 29 to October 29, East Lancashire hosts the British Textile Biennial 2023, a festival that celebrates manufacturing heritage, addresses topics such as sustainability and the legacy of colonialism, and offers a showcase of the latest developments in fashion, design and art. This year, contributors from Bangladesh, Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan and the UK will present new commissions at venues including Blackburn Cathedral and Cotton Exchange, Goodshaw Chapel on the Moors, Helmshore Mill, Pendle Heritage Center and The Whitaker. Art gallery in Rossendale.

Among many others (Afro-Caribbeans, South Asians, Jews, Poles, Welsh, and early modern Southerners), the Irish settled throughout the region. He Liverpool Irish Festival – areas north of the Mersey form part of the county’s historic border – will take place from 19 to 29 October and feature art, film, storytelling, a céilí, walking tours, boat tours, talks, performances and concerts .

Light in the darkness

You might think it’s a little late in the year to plan a getaway to the northern beach. But Blackpool created the Illuminations or Lights, as many Lancastrians call them, in 1879 (when most people in England, including Yorkshire, lived happily in the dark) to extend the economy of ramblers and holidays beyond the Standard British summer.

The Lights used to run from August to November, but now offer a familiar visual delight all season long. This year’s six-mile-long installations, stretching from Starr Gate to Bispham, were switched on by Sophie Ellis-Bextor on September 1 and will illuminate the ignorant world until January 1, 2024. They are powered by green electricity from of renewable resources. comprised of wind, small-scale hydro, landfill and biogas, and 30 percent of the lights are ultra-efficient LEDs.