Plymouth Culture | Two new figures inspired by Beryl Cook
The life-sized characters are sat side-by-side on a seafront bench, sharing fish and chips while looking out across the water, a classic Cook-style seaside scene.…
Plymouth Culture | The Plymouth Symphony Orchestra
The Plymouth Symphony Orchestra stands as one of the city’s most enduring cultural institutions, with a history that stretches back nearly 150 years. Widely regarded…
Plymouth Culture | Lenkiewicz’s Mural
A cultural tragedy in plain sight?” The fading Lenkiewicz mural on the Barbican Hidden just behind Southside Street on Plymouth’s Barbican, there is a scene…
Plymouth Culture | Devonport Playhouse, Keeping Live Performance Alive in Plymouth
In Devonport stands one of Plymouth’s most remarkable survival stories a community theatre that has spent decades keeping the curtains rising through volunteer effort, fundraising,…
Plymouth Culture | She Was Hidden in the Roof: The Mystery Face Found in Lenkiewicz’s Studio
t wasn’t stored with anything else. It wasn’t framed or labelled. It was hidden, placed behind a timber panel in a roof space that, at…
Plymouth Culture | Lenkiewicz: Mystery of hidden glass portrait solved
The mystery surrounding the haunting glass portrait found hidden in the loft of Robert Lenkiewicz’s former Plymouth studio appears to have finally been solved. After…
Plymouth Culture | Beryl Cook Sculptures, Meet Helen Bishop the Artist who made them
If you’ve spotted the Beryl Cook sculptures appearing in Plymouth, you’ll know just how much attention they’ve been getting. The pieces capture the humour and…
Plymouth Culture | Crowds turn out in force for Beryl Cook exhibition at The Box
A week after opening, the Beryl Cook exhibition at The Box Museum is already proving a major draw, with large numbers of visitors passing through…