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Cogs, corsets and colour – world’s biggest steampunk festival returns to Lincoln
Julia Shaw is reminiscing about the time she caused outrage by cheating during the tea-dunking duel at Lincoln's Asylum Steampunk Festival. She sneaked in a...
Opinion: it’s a custard cream calamity – our biscuits have lost the plot!
When you go into the supermarket, do you ever go on in for one thing and end up with multiple items due to all the...
From village green to Commonwealth Games: how Amy Pharaoh became a global bowls superstar
Amy Pharaoh was just eight-years-old when her parents started taking her along to watch them play bowls every weekend. "By the time I was nine,"...
Opinion: fast food restaurants are targeting our children – and it must stop
It is said that children in America recognise, in a photo line-up, Ronald McDonald before Jesus or George Washington. Think about that for a second...
‘We take the mickey’: how Lincoln homelessness charity uses banter to help rough sleepers
One of the first thing Graham Foster says to us at the start of the night is: “What we do round here is take the...
Is this Lincoln’s most haunted building? Ghost Walk guides say city hotel is full of ghouls
It may look like like one of Lincoln's plushest hotels but The White Hart, in the city's Bailgate area, is known for something else entirely...
Opinion: Forget tennis talk of a Big Three, Andy Murray deserves to be recognised in a Big Four
When we talk about the most recent golden era of tennis there are three names that are always spoken about: Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and...
Opinion: The J-name curse is real – I’m avoiding them at all costs (sort of)
Have you ever wondered why we never got to find out Mr Big’s name in Sex and the City until the very final scene of...
Fear at 15,000 feet: how skydiving became Gen Z’s fundraising challenge of choice
On her 20th birthday, Ebony Lane-Searle decided to do the one thing that terrified her most. Instead of a night out or a quiet celebration,...
Opinion: here’s how you make nightclubs better – ban all phones (and photos)
We are all guilty of going on a night out to get a cute picture or video with hopes of becoming the next Charli D’Amelio...
‘It feels good that it’s making an impact’: Lincoln woman creates menopause workshops to address lack of support
A Lincoln resilience practitioner has created a menopause well-being workshops after she felt there was insufficient support for women. Dawn Hollingsworth has started hosting her...
Opinion: I might sound like my dad but forget streaming, I long for the days of CDs and DVDs
Is it just me, or have people forgotten the sheer joy of sticking a DVD on? You remember it? When you’d spend 20 minutes having...
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