Tom Barker

Lincoln Cathedral has reopened its historic Wren Library following a two-year, £1.6 million conservation project — the most significant work on the 17th-century building in a generation. Completed in 1674 to a design by Sir Christopher Wren, the library houses one of the finest…

The first residents have moved into Lincoln's largest-ever urban extension, as the £400 million Western Growth Corridor reaches a major milestone with the completion of its first phase of homes. The scheme, west of the Brayford Pool, will eventually deliver around 3,200 homes…

Lincoln's New Theatre Royal has unveiled its most ambitious autumn season in a decade, spanning a West End touring drama, a major new community production, and the return of its much-loved Christmas pantomime. The season opens in September 2026 with a national touring production…

The Lincoln Science & Innovation Park has been given the green light for a major second phase, with planning permission approved this week for a 60,000 sq ft building dedicated to laboratory, workshop, and office space. The £18 million development, a joint venture between the…

Lincoln coffee roaster Stokes & Sons has opened its second city-centre site, a combined café and micro-roastery on Sincil Street, in a move the family business says reflects strong demand for locally roasted coffee. The new 40-cover space joins the company's long-established…

The University of Lincoln has launched a fully-funded Green Skills Bootcamp designed to help small and medium-sized Lincolnshire businesses reduce energy costs and prepare for net-zero requirements. The six-week part-time course, delivered in partnership with the Greater…

A landmark Victorian building on Lincoln's Cornhill has been given a new lease of life, reopening as 18 boutique workspaces for the city's growing community of small creative and professional firms. The Grade II-listed building, empty for several years, has been sensitively…

A family-run farm shop in the Lincolnshire Wolds has opened a 50-cover café and a cookery school, in an expansion that champions the county's growers and producers. The business, near Louth, now serves breakfast and lunch built almost entirely from Lincolnshire ingredients,…

Frequency, Lincoln's biennial festival of digital culture, returns this October with its largest programme to date — more than 60 mostly free events spanning art, music, gaming, and technology across the city's historic venues. Now in its eighth edition, the festival transforms…

The Collection, Lincoln's museum of art and archaeology, has won a national award for an exhibition that drew record visitor numbers to the city over the winter. The show, which reunited Bronze Age finds from across Lincolnshire for the first time, was recognised in the…

Plans for a £40 million waterside development on the edge of Lincoln's Brayford Pool have been approved by city planners, paving the way for new homes, offices, and a public square overlooking the marina. The mixed-use scheme will deliver 90 waterside apartments, 25,000 sq ft of…

Lincoln's food scene gets national recognition as five restaurants earn places in the Good Food Guide 2027 — the highest number for the city in the guide's history.