Announcing Harwood Heritage Walk
Join us for our Heritage walk around Harwood! Spaces are limited, so book soon to secure your spot.Dates for Heritage Walks in other areas will be announced soon.
Sneak Preview – My Place Walks 2025
STOP PRESS – 18th July – The walk scheduled for 19th July has been rescheduled to 2nd August due to bad weather. Please contact Peter by email: Pd1@hotmail.co.uk to confirm your place. We’re pleased to announce that we’re launching our summer programme of Heritage walks, with the first walk being a Hall i’th’ Wood Heritage Walk on…
Worktown Words Call-out: July 2025
We are now inviting submissions for the next issue of Worktown Words on the theme of Resistance. In a world rapidly becoming overwhelmed with headlines of atrocity and injustice, what is the role of the writer in the battle of Resistance? Explore what resistance can look like in your local communities, who or what are we…
Worktown Words: The Outdoors, May 2025
We are happy to share the publication of the new issue of Worktown Words. This issue was curated by Romina Ramos and edited by Lizzie Diggle on the theme of The Outdoors. You can access the anthology here. And if you’ve missed any previous issues, you can find our catalogue here. Submissions for the next issue will open in June for a July publication.
MO Diary Day Update
A year on from our partnership with the University of Greater Manchester and Bolton Library and Museum Services, we’re still keen to encourage in a interest amongst the residents of the town to participate in the annual Mass Observation Diary Day, held on the 12th May and organised by Mass Observation Archive, based at the…
WORKTOWN WORDS CALL-OUT: MAY 2025
We are now inviting submissions for the next issue of Worktown Words on the theme of The Outdoors. Exploring the ways in which Spring morphing into Summer might change the natural spaces in and around Bolton. Focusing on your favourite natural beauty spot in the area, what are your most memorable experiences being in the great…
Bolton Observed: A Postscript
Reflections on the Bolton Observed Showcase by Dave Morgan Around one hundred and fifty people attended the Bolton Observed event run on Saturday 15 March by Live from Worktown as part of the Bolton Town of Culture Gala Day. The imposing subterranean lecture theatre in the Central Library gave the event an added dimension, shown to its…
Worktown Words: Links, March 2025
We are happy to share the publication of the new issue of Worktown Words. This issue was curated by Romina Ramos and edited by Jack Washindale on the theme of Links. You can access the anthology here. And if you’ve missed any previous issues, you can find our catalogue here. Submissions for the next issue…
Worktown Words Call-out: February 2025
We are now inviting submissions for the next issue of Worktown Words on the theme of Links. Exploring what links us to each other, to place or sound, or the world at large – submissions open from 31st January to 28th February, midnight. This issue will be guest edited by Jack Washingdale, an artist and…
Our Cultural Landmarks: Photo Comp
Submission Deadline: Friday 7th February 2025. As a part of Bolton’s Town of Culture programme, Live from Worktown is building on our 2024 work revisiting Mass Observation by launching a photography competition on the theme of Our Cultural Landmarks. We’re asking you to take a photo of a place that’s important in your life and…