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A Celebration of Snowdrops

A sign that winter is nearly over and spring is just over the horizon, this month we celebrate the snowdrop, and there’s nowhere better to view them than at Grantham’s Easton Walled Gardens Few gardens have endured quite as much as Easton Walled Gardens, just off the A1 between Stamford and Grantham. 450 years old, a 12-acre site, now attracting over 20,000 visitors a year, the site was once home to the formal gardens adjacent to Easton Hall. The stately home, though, was requisitioned during both worlds wars as a convalescent home and later as barracks, before later falling victim to pillages of lead and other materials, leading Sir Hugh Cholmeley to the sad conclusion that it needed to be pulled...

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Winter in Lincolnshire

A Lincolnshire Winter A chill in the air and frost on the ground doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the very best that...

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Lincolnshire Saved My Life

5, 4, 3, 2, 1… and with the crackle of fireworks and a cascade of beats from Gilson Lavis, we’ll...

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The Lincolnshire Dialect

Exploring the Lincolnshire accent and its dialects: nostalgia for natives and fascinating for frim folk! Once upon a time you’d...

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The Land Girls of Lincolnshire

Keeping the country well-fed in the 1940s, the Women’s Land Army proved to be a resilient, hardy bunch with a...

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Famous Faces

This month we’re exploring the lives of some of Lincolnshire’s most well-known residents, from those in the media to politicians...

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Rocking the Kasbah

Exciting things are happening in the area of Grimsby known as Down Dock, more colloquially referred to as ‘The Kasbah.’ ...

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How to Take Amazing Summer Photos

Camera conundrums addressed, just in time for summer photography! Jamie Scott of London Camera Exchange on Lincoln’s Silver Street explains...

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The RAF in Lincolnshire

Since the First World War and the earliest era of air defence, Lincolnshire has always been synonymous with the RAF....

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Margaret’s Milestone

This summer Lincolnshire-born author Margaret Dickinson has published her 30th novel with publishers Pan Macmillan, so we chatted to the...

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John Hassall’s Jolly Icon

We all know that Skegness is so bracing, and that the most bracing figure of all in the town is...

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Heroes and Friends

Neil Woodmansey MBE and Colin aren’t just best friends: they’re close colleagues who have recently worked together on a humanitarian mission...

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Saving Lives in the Air

Just before Christmas, the Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance confirmed that it had experienced its busiest year ever, responding to...

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Craft & Design at The Hub

Celebrating its 20th anniversary later this year, the Hub is the home of creativity and design for Sleaford and the...

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Making a Pilgrimage to Boston

This month we’re celebrating the vibrant, thriving, multicultural town of Boston, a successful market town since the medieval era… Boston...

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Lincolnshire’s gift wrapper to royalty!

When Harrods, Fortnums, Selfridges… oh, and the Royal Household, want to know how to wrap their festive gifts really well,...

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Co-Educational Teaching at Stamford Endowed Schools

Stamford Endowed Schools has been educating students for some 490 years. In that time,  the school has evolved organically from...

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100 Years of Kinema in the Woods

“Kinema in The Woods has only had three previous owners, so I did feel the burden of responsibility that comes...

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A Celebration of Spilsby

From stately homes haunted by a spirit, to a much friendlier sense of community spirit, Spilsby is perfect for a...

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A Great Knight for Prof Van Tam

Congratulations to Prof Sir Jonathan Van Tam, raised in Boston and still a resident of Lincolnshire. After guiding us through...

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Celebrating The Red Arrows

This month we’re celebrating arguably the world’s most recognisable flying squadron, as Wing Commander David Montenegro releases his new book...

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The 2022 Lincolnshire Show

Thousands of visitors descended on the Lincolnshire Showground last month as it welcomed back one of the county’s most beloved...