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An hilarious, never before published account of a trip to the 1802 Preston Guild from a young man not afraid to have a good time and express his opinions. Lord Linton shows childlike wonder at the circus feats, gossips about the fashionable people and exaggerates wildly! Found in the archives at Traquair House and illustrated with images from the collections of the Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, this diary is both a remarkable historica...

An artist's interpretation of a novel. Lisa Wigham's installation in the waiting room of Preston Station was created for Preston Guild 2012 by public art project In Certain Places and this book accompanies it. Set in the British Isles in the early 20th century, this book charts a voyage through the mundane and the sensational. It presents visions, scenes, acts, conversations, interior thoughts and changing notions. The story jumps from locatio...

The Plastic Culture exhibition was held from 28 March to 30 May 2009. The exhibition looked at the visual and cultural impact of the Pop Art movement upon subsequent generations of artists in Japan, the UK and the USA. The exhibition acknowledges the importance and influence of artists such as Andy Warhol and his pioneering approach to using and embracing technology as well as demonstrating how these ideas and concepts have been adopted and ex...

The Preston Market Mystery Project began in 2006 and was developed through a series of site visits to the city during which the artist became intrigued with Preston's historic covered markets. The artist grew interested in the activity of transaction and exchange, which defines the markets, both the transaction of goods and the social exchange between the people who work and shop in the space. The project was developed to celebrate this exchan...