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Historic stone bridges: centuries-old arches over rivers
From village streams to broad rivers, examples of stonework that has stood the test of time.
Guitars at the museum: the story of strings
Acoustic and electric guitars, banjos and old photographs line the cases on a journey through music history.
Night show on the shore: fireworks bloom above the water
Spectators lining the seafront watched coloured fireworks open in half-domes on the surface of the sea.
As the towers light up: a riverside skyline turns to night
A timelapse turns a cloudy evening into night as towers and skyscrapers switch on their lights.
Ruins of a medieval stronghold seen from the air
Drone footage shows stone walls on a green hill, a manor house and the small town around them.
Old Quay Jazz Weekend returns with 40 free gigs in pubs, cafés and on harbour boats
The festival is back after a year's break, with a pared-back budget, a focus on local musicians and a floating stage on a former ferry.
Independent bookshop opens in a former bank on Ropewalk Lane, vault and all
Two former librarians have turned a 1920s bank into a bookshop, with children's books in the old strongroom and a reading table where the counter used to be.
Harbour Lights Festival opens on the quay with three days of free music
Forty-two acts, two stages and no ticket barrier: the city's biggest free music weekend began last night on Old Quay, with organisers expecting more than 40,000 visitors before the final encore.
Archaeologists uncover timbers of a medieval ship beneath the Old Quay car park
Oak planks and frames found during drainage works appear to belong to a trading vessel from the 14th century, the most complete ship find ever made in Wrenhaven.
Central Library reopens after renovation with a late-night reading room
After eighteen months behind scaffolding, the Central Library on Old Quay is open again, with a repaired roof, a digitised harbour archive and a reading room that stays open until midnight.
Wrenhaven Ballet School marks 50 years with a free open-air performance on the quay
Former pupils now dancing professionally will return to perform alongside current students in an anniversary show at Harbourside.
Museum of the Sea opens Knots and Nets, an exhibition of maritime crafts
More than 300 objects, from hand-braided rope ladders to a herring net still smelling faintly of tar, fill the museum's grand hall in a show built around the skills that kept the harbour working.
Tidewater Theatre Company opens its season with four new plays
Every production in the company's new season is a premiere, and three of the four were written by playwrights living within a tram ride of the Tidewater stage.
Wrenhaven Film Week brings free open-air screenings to the quayside
Alongside its usual programme in the Asher Arts Centre cinema, this year's Film Week is putting up a giant screen on the Harbourside quay for six free evening shows.
Wrenhaven Philharmonic plays to 1,400 people in the dry dock at Saltings shipyard
Concertgoers sat on the floor of a drained dock for an evening of music inspired by the sea, the orchestra's largest outdoor performance in its history.
Saltings Pottery Guild pairs young makers with master potters
Twelve young makers will spend nine months at the wheel beside experienced potters in the marsh villages, in a scheme the guild hopes will keep its craft alive for another generation.
Folk song archive of 3,000 recordings from the Asher Valley digitised and opened to all
Reel-to-reel tapes made in farmhouses and pubs from the 1950s onwards can now be heard free of charge, after a three-year project by the Central Library.