By Camden Strong On a damp Sunday afternoon in Brighton, thousands of miles from the neon-lit streets of Tokyo, Kaoru Mitoma glides past another defender, seagulls screech overhead as the Japanese winger leaves the Brighton crowd on its feet once…
Year: 2026
Creative Futures welcomes Dom Smith – owner of Soundsphere, and disabilities campaigner – to Chester
By Ella Roberts ‘But that’s the good thing about having a disability… you don’t always have to give so much of a f**k about what people think because everyone’s looking at you weird anyway.’ I can promise you that absolutely…
Midsummer Watch Parade Returns to Chester: Revival of the 1498 Tradition in 2026
By Tim Savchenko One of the oldest festivals in the United Kingdom — the Midsummer Watch Parade — will once again take place on the streets of Chester’s historic centre on 20 and 21 June. The parade, whose roots date…
Fallen Angels Bring Addiction Recovery Celebration to Storyhouse Chester
Storyhouse in Chester hosted an evening of performance, discussion and community on Monday, as Fallen Angels held their Recovery Social — an event celebrating creativity and connection among people in recovery from addiction. Fallen Angels Dance Theatre is a charity…
Refugee Week at Storyhouse Chester: Ken Loach’s ‘The Old Oak’, and the ‘Co-Existence’ exhibition
By Tim Savchenko Storyhouse marked Refugee Week 2026 with a special screening of Ken Loach’s The Old Oak on Wednesday 17 June, followed by a panel Q&A exploring the film’s themes of community, displacement and solidarity. A meet-and-greet with cast…
England Fans Take Over Dallas as Three Lions Roar Past Croatia
By Louii Clarkson Dallas turned into a sea of red and white on Wednesday night as thousands of England supporters transformed the heart of Texas into a home-from-home before and after England’s thrilling 4-2 World Cup victory over Croatia. From…
Walking for wellbeing – why wandering in nature is important
I am someone who cannot sit still and needs to leave the house everyday. I need to breath in fresh air and feel the sun and wind on my face. I love to explore, to be outside and amongst nature,…
Does a degree determine your destiny?
To ask an eighteen-year-old what they want to be, to secure and choose a career at such an indecisive and malleable age is just not fair. To choose your path in life that young, should it be allowed? As Silvia…
This house is home – Living with friends at university
By Isabel Bradshaw The kitchen is packed, all six of us trying to cook at once. Steam rising, plates crashing, the TV blaring from the front room, trying to find a slither of space on the counter and I’ve just…
Ditching the stereotypes – Are students no longer party animals?
As a university student myself, I must admit that a lot of my life currently revolves around parties, clubs and pub gardens. Although this is not the case for everyone, it is still universally a large part of university life,…