NEWS
PUB IN THE PARK
RETURNS TO TUNBRIDGE
WELLS ON ITS 2020 TOUR
Following on from its huge success in 2019, Pub in the
Park has announced the festival, which sees Tom Kerridge
and his superstar chef pals tour the UK, supporting and
celebrating local talent, as well as presenting some of the
biggest names in food and music, will return in 2020,
with more incredible food, world-class chefs, chart topping
musicians and summer vibes
Set to visit eight venues in the UK, there’ll be Michelin-
starred and award-winning pubs and restaurants serving
tasting dishes showing their signature style, great live
music, chef demonstrations, top quality shopping and
other festival fun.
Tom Kerridge said “Wow, what a summer. Pub in the
Park was an absolute blast. I’ve had a sneak peek at the
line-up for 2020, and wow, it looks good; tasty food,
more amazing chefs and awesome musicians all in your
local park”.
Pub in the Park will be taking place in Tunbridge Wells:
10-12 July 2020
COACHWORKS OPENS WITH
A FESTIVE SWING
Coachworks, an exciting urban design scheme in the heart of Ashford town
centre, welcomed an estimated 1,000 visitors during its opening weekend,
with a Christmas market helping to draw in the crowds.
TURNER PRIZE 2019 AWARDED
TO COLLECTIVE OF THIS YEAR’S
NOMINEES
The Turner Prize 2019, presented in partnership with Tate and Turner
Contemporary, has been awarded to a collective bringing together the four
nominated artists: Abu Hamdan/Cammock/Murillo/Shani, following their
request to the jury to consider awarding a joint prize in recognition of their
shared commitment to urgent social and political causes.
The cluster of former industrial buildings owned by Ashford Borough Council
have been transformed by architect Carl Turner. The project breathes new
life into disused buildings in Dover Place, close to the Kent town’s international
railway station, offering food and drinks outlets, event spaces and a ‘business
incubator’ with start-up and shared work spaces.
Carl Turner said: “We were delighted to finally open our doors to coincide
with Illuminites Ashford and to host Kent Food Hubs’ Christmas market. We
have had fantastic feedback, so it was great to be able to give these buildings
a new lease of life. Watch this space for a regular line up of exciting events
in the New Year.”
The artists said: ‘At this time of political crisis in Britain and much of the
world, when there is already so much that divides and isolates people and
communities, we feel strongly motivated to use the occasion of the Prize to
make a collective statement in the name of commonality, multiplicity and
solidarity – in art as in society.’
Following the jury’s unanimous decision, the prize was presented by Edward
Enninful, editor-in-chief of British Vogue, at a ceremony broadcast live on
the BBC from Dreamland in Margate.
Alex Farquharson, director of Tate Britain and chair of the Turner Prize
jury, said: “In coming together and presenting themselves as a group, this
year’s nominated artists certainly gave the jury a lot to think about. But it is
very much in the spirit of these artists’ work to challenge convention, to resist
polarised world views, and to champion other voices. The jury all felt that
this made the collective a worthy winner of the Turner Prize.”
The exhibition, curated by Rowan Geddis and Fiona Parry, continues until
Sunday 12 January 2020. Entry is free.
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