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ARTS organisation Metal is celebrating 20 years since its birth.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a beloved community artist who inspired countless children to pick up their paintbrushes.

WE’VE got theatres, the world-famous boys and girls’ choirs and a rich programme of internationally-renowned arts, leisure and entertainment set…

THE WAIT for the highly-anticipated Estuary 2021 festival is now over, with more than 90 artworks and events scattered along a 107-mile trail of the…

TODAY marks the opening day of the much-awaited Estuary Festival. The three-week festival will take place across multiple sites along the Essex and Kent shorelines (including many events in Southend, Pitsea, Chalkwell and Shoebury) and will feature an array of artistic and literary lectures and workshops, visual art installations, films, talks and community activities all themed on the Thames estuary’s past, present and future. The opening weekend programme will kick off with ‘Unknown...

Echo journalist Tom King, accompanied by his dog, had set out to remedy an extraordinary omission. “The Thames Estuary has existed for aeons, yet nobody, ever, seems to have walked round it,” said Tom. So he did. In the shape of endless and sometimes near fatal obstacles by the end of the summer, Tom had completed the 83-mile round hike, from Foulness Island to Warden Point, Sheppey. The adventure was recorded in a book written by Tom, who is from Wickford, the following year, ent...

Kildare Death Notices for today: Friday, February 26 Reporter: ); Vincent Miller Pairc Mhuire, Newbridge, Kildare / Monasterevin, Kildare Miller Vincent, Pairc Mhuire, Newbridge, & formerly of Old Grange, Monasterevin, 23rd February 2021 (peacefully) after a short illness at Tallaght Hospital. Sadly missed by his wife Ann, sons Ciaran, Daryl, Kevin, daughters-in-law, Aisling & Claire, grandchildren, Evan & Heidi, mother-in-law Mary, brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces & ...

Kildare Death Notices for today: Wednesday, February 24 Reporter: ); Rita Curran (née McNamara) Eadestown, Naas, Kildare Curran Rita (née McNamara), Athgarrett, Eadestown, Naas, Co. Kildare. 22nd February 2021. (Peacefully).Sadly missed by her loving husband Adrian, her children Michael, Catherine, Andrew, Maria and Isaac, her mother Ann, brother Pat, sisters-in-law, brother-in-law, mother and father-in-law, niece Auriel, nephews Reuben, Aidan and Matthew, relatives and friends. Recently pre...

An imposing concrete sculpture is set to be built on Shoebury’s East Beach as part of a month-long arts festival. The 10ft structure - set to be a “sound mirror” - is being created from scratch by experts and will be showcased at the Estuary 2021 festival later in the year. Katrina Palmer, an artist from London, will be adapting the concrete design with a message on its surface as part of her “Hello” and “Retreat” contribution. The festival is inviting visitors to take par...

An imposing concrete sculpture is set to be built on Shoebury’s East Beach as part of a month-long arts festival. The 10ft structure - set to be a “sound mirror” - is being created from scratch by experts and will be showcased at the Estuary 2021 festival later in the year. Katrina Palmer, an artist from London, will be adapting the concrete design with a message on its surface as part of her “Hello” and “Retreat” contribution. The festival is inviting visitors to take par...