Everything Gets Brighter as the Night Grows Darker

ONCE UPON A TIME, there was a boy. Molten, dark, pale, silky soft, an accumulation of strange angles that never […] Read More

Blood, Sweat and Teens

We have opened a tin of period worms. By talking openly with people of all ages about their menstrual cycle, […] Read More

Riotous Youth Arts Project Coming to West Cumbria

Meet your new best arty friends, North Star Co-Design – a community interest company co-directed by Louie Ingham and Lee […] Read More

Bookends Carlisle Creates New LGBTQ+ Section

Bookends Carlisle has long been a space for LGBTQ+ allyship. With their diverse and welcoming staff and their dedication to […] Read More

Chosen Family at Xmas

The holiday season for most conjures up comforting thoughts of time spent with family, meals shared, gifts exchanged, memories made. […] Read More

I Dont Get To Love Where I Live

The rays of sunset fall on the fells below Scafell Pike, dousing the terrain in a golden hue. Bluetits and […] Read More

I can handle another 949 days of this school, I think

When we received a reader story by 10 year old Delilah we were so taken by their humour and imagination […] Read More

Saturday Town shows us the future is bright, wild and queer.

The radical self expression of youth is being captured via pop-up technicolour studios across northern England, thanks to Casey Orr […] Read More

Why the king’s speech stinks

Some artists, when faced with the stark white walls of a gallery space, would be forgiven for taking a nervous […] Read More

TRICK OR TREAT?! BELLA HOWARD SHOOTS THE KIDS OF CARLISLE

Back in 2022 Bella Howard took time off from shooting fashion campaigns and pop culture superstars to visit Carlisle with […] Read More

THEN & NOW

Eight years after the iconic photo was taken by Stephen Benson, Queer Cumbria catch up with the young person in […] Read More

Emerging Artist | Leon

Tell us a bit about yourself… Leon, 19 and from Carlisle…I’m studying illustration at the University of Huddersfield and I […] Read More