Rachel West

Rachel reflects on her experience attending a lecture by artist Mat Collishaw and previewing his exhibition at Lakeside Arts....

For anyone who has noticed a big, white marquee on The Downs this week and perhaps found themselves wondering what is happening within, fear not – you can find answers to all of your questions here in my interview with Keziah Nightingale, one of the organisers of the ‘’...

Strange, unsettling, surreal – step out of your comfort zone and into Flight, where your final destination is not certain......

Black Friday: an annual military operation for shopaholics everywhere. And never before has it been quite so explosive as this year with record sales reported across the UK and the US....

Rachel West explores the life and work of artist Ivon Hitchens and gives her thoughts on the the Ivon Hitchens: Space Through Colour exhibition at Lakeside Arts. ...

“Racism in life was so terrible in the 70s and 80s; racism in football wasn’t any different” – John Barnes MBE Black History Month was first launched in the USA in 1970 and has been celebrated in the UK every October since the 1980s. In light of this annual...

Now the days are getting colder and darker earlier, this month’s theme explores darkness and light. Our poets have explored a variety of interpretations- from spooky Halloween-esque poems to different kinds of darkness.
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