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Today I will present you one week of news in Lancaster, through 4 articles from the Lancaster Guardian!

Thursday 21 May 2015: All you need to know about The Queen’s visit to Lancaster

Her Majesty The Queen, which is also Duchess of the Duchy of Lancaster, is coming to visit the city on Friday, May 29th. It's one of the most important news of the week.

Indeed, Her Majesty last coming in Lancaster was in July 1999, 16 years ago. She came on the occasion of the celebration of the 600th anniversary of the Royal Charter. 

On Friday, she will, first of all, arrive to Lancaster Train Station with the Royal Train, then she will go by car to Lancaster Castle where there will be a ceremony for Her arrival and finally, she will see in the castle a performance of a play of Shakespeare.

Friday 22 May 2015: Lancaster author shortlisted for book of year award

Carys Davies, an author from Lancaster, has been nominated for two literary awards and mainly for the 2015 Wales Book of the Year, a very prestigious award.

The winner will be announced the 4th of June.

She already won the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize in May 2015 for her book, collection of short stories named The Redemption of Galen Pike.

Lancaster is proud of its author and wish that she will win other prestigious awards for her work.

Saturday 23 May 2015: Lancaster art shop pays tribute to OBE artist

Art is an important of the Culture in England. In Lancaster, it's the same as everywhere in England. That's why some exhibitions are always organised during the year. 

Until June, at Bellwood and Wrine Fine Art a gallery of Lancaster, there is an exhibition of the paintings of Albert Irvin (1922-2015). He was a very famous artist from London and he received in 2013 the OBE (Most Excellent Order of the British Empire). He was also part of the Royal Academy of Arts since 1998.

His paintings depict landscapes of cities made using color spots with brightness, superposed directly on the canvas.

Tuesday 26 May 2015: Lancaster win second team derby against Morecambe

I will finish this section of news with some sport, cricket. The second team of Lancaster was facing the team of Morecambe for the derby of the league, on 25th of May. They won with 118-7 against 117 for the second team of Morecambe. The team is now at the 8th place ranking of the second division league with 46 points.

Cricket is a famous sport in England. It is a team sport, with bats and balls, which is played with two teams of 11 players each. It is played on an oval grass field. Any match is divided into several rounds. Points are scored thanks to the runs of the players. In each round, one of the teams has the role to score points and the other to stop it. The winning team should have scored more points than his opponent during the rounds.

Here is the site of the Lancaster Cricket Club if you want more information about it.

We are at the end of this article about the news in Lancaster and what happened there at the end of my semester.

Thank you for reading me!

Emilie

Article sources:

http://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/local/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-queen-s-visit-to-lancaster-1-7271372 
http://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/what-s-on/book-club/lancaster-author-shortlisted-for-book-of-year-award-1-7274594
http://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/lancaster-art-shop-pays-tribute-to-obe-artist-1-7271907
http://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/sport/lancaster-win-second-team-derby-against-morecambe-1-7279366

Picture sources:
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https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51ipvbEoEXL._UY250_.jpg
http://www.artreserve.co.uk/catalogueimg/albert-irvin.jpg
http://images2.pitchero.com/club_logos/18129/1339601958.jpg