On Sunday 23rd of July, I took a trip back in time to 1917 when I went to Life On The Home Front Day at Cusworth Hall. Actually, my trip back in time began even earlier, as the bus I intended to catch wasn’t running and thus I had a decent trek to get there.
Until the band embarked on stage some 25 minutes after the last race of the day, I had completely forgotten that in the mid to late nineties, I often confused Texas lead singer Sharleen Spiteri with Natalie Imbruglia. With that in mind, when the evening didn’t begin with a crowd-pleasing rendition of ‘Torn’, I’ll confess …
As a long standing festival reveller, I was more than excited to see that South Yorkshire had bagged itself another nationally celebrated music and arts festival. Launching in 2014, established by Barnsley’s Mercury Award Winning Kate Rusby and her family, the festival has a folky vibe with world class artists. If you’ve never heard of …
Huzzah! The Steampunk event at the Mansion House was a roaring triumph for the future of Doncaster events. With a collaboration between the Doncaster town council, Doncopolitan, and the White Rose Yorkshire Steampunks group, an amazing event unfolded on a sunny Saturday morning. Traders arrived early with wares ranging from Victorian-style clothing to hand-made gadgets …
With Doncaster Pride 2017 happening this weekend, we decided to perform some blogging necromancy and raise this interview with Jenny Dewsnap from the depths of the internet. Right, so let’s get down to the nitty gritty of Pride and how it came about in 2006. Pride was born out of South Yorkshire Police having a not too great equality & diversity audit. They were pretty …
