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Dungannon, Burnley, Barrow-in-Furness, Harlow and Merthyr Tydfil may not be quaint, but these robust centres have a poetry that’s all their own

A CANAL festival is set to make a huge splash in East Lancs - after being beached for three years due to the pandemic.

Stuart Richardson of Glassmonkey Studio, pictured with his dog, Ralph Stuart Richardson first tried his hand at glass fusing nine years ago, after being given a voucher for a workshop as a present. A charity worker at the time, little did he know that the class would lead to him establishing his own business and gallery. Today Stuart, 60, heads up Glassmonkey Studio, a Burnley business that specialises in crafting bespoke art, decorative items and jewellery from glass. The studio has be...