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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. Sofia Marchetti

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    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. Daniel Osei

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    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. Callum Reid

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    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. Diego Fernández

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    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. Niamh Gallagher

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    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. Viktor Lind

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    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. Ana Sousa

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    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. Chloé Martin

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    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. Amara Nwosu

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    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. Isabel Duarte

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    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. Viktor Lind

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    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. Owen Pryce

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    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. Yasmin Haddad

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    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. Chloé Martin

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    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. Ruth Abernathy

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    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. Isabel Duarte

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    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. Rafael Ortega

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