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Arts Council England has announced that Blackburn with Darwen will be one of 54 ‘priority places’. Chief Executive DARREN HENLEY writes for the…

Kick down, the vat really deductions. it's only on food right now. we need breaks. extend furlough. i don't think furlough is a great idea, but it cost and operator money. give us open —— get us open. let us trade safely. you can go to the total market... we're good at what we do. just keeping us closed running on restrictions isn't doing anybody in hospitality any favours. ., doing anybody in hospitality any favours. . ., ., ,, doing anybody in hospitality any favours. ., ., . ~' , ., doing anybody in hospitality any favours. . . ., ,, , ., , favours. heath paul, thank you very much for s...

Bank Top – congregation not segregation during COVID-19 Published 08 May 2021   CREDIT: Craig Easton The series, Bank Top, is partly the result of many years of inter-related projects I’ve been working on across the north of England. In much of my work, I can see concerns and themes that have developed over the years – the same concerns that made me want to be a photographer in the first place and Bank Top is a continuation of that. Paul Strand once said, “I want to use photography as an instrument of research into and reporting on the life of my own time”; I think th...

A Blackburn University group leader collaborated on a global award winning photography project. University Centre’s Academic Group Leader in Community, Abdul Hafiz, collaborated with Craig Easton on his award winning series Bank Top. For the project, Craig was named Sony World Photography Awards’ Photographer of the Year for 2021, which marked its 14th anniversary this year. Craig Easton's photography captured the culture and misrepresentation of the Bank Top area of Blackburn which features the residents and the shopkeepers from different backgrounds and cultures. Bank Top was ...

The view from Bank Top: Craig Easton’s images of life in Blackburn Arian, Bank Top, Blackburn, 2020. All images © Craig Easton 2021. Craig Easton, Sony World Photography awards’ photographer of the year 2021, challenges misconceptions and explores ideas of community with his images of life in Blackburn Sun 18 Apr 2021 07.00 EDT Craig Easton rarely tells the subjects of his photographs how they should pose. “I feel that my portraits are gifts that are given to me by those I choose to take pictures of,” he says. Take Mohammed Afzal, an abattoir worker with a passion for p...