History

Review: Debauched Chester – a talk with Rebecca Rideal and Big Heritage at St Michael’s Church

September 15, 2018 // 0 Comments

We Are Chester’s Tori Erskine heads into the city to explore some of the more debauched aspects of our history, courtesy of historian, author and broadcaster Rebecca [...]

Review: Chester Mystery Plays, Chester Cathedral

July 1, 2018 // 5 Comments

We Are Chester’s Tori Erskine steps inside the majestic surroundings of Chester Cathedral to experience the quinquennial production that is Chester Mystery Plays for the [...]

Introducing A Sketcher’s Blog: Sketches from Chester Mystery Plays by artist Dai Owen

June 10, 2018 // 0 Comments

Our very own We Are Chester artist Dai Owen is currently in the process of documenting rehearsals for the forthcoming run of Chester Mystery Plays. The plays, which only [...]

Chester Archaeology Society invites new members to join up

April 27, 2018 // 0 Comments

Emma Stringfellow from Chester Archaeology Society has written a special piece for us, inviting new members to get involved with the wide-ranging visits and talks that the [...]

Like talking to a brick wall: We Are Chester visits the Talking Walls

July 4, 2017 // 2 Comments

Meg Chester and her friend Becca set out to sample a new visitor experience in Chester, where the city’s ancient walls come to life and start chatting away to [...]

Video: Another sneak peek around the Storyhouse cultural centre in Chester

May 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

Chester’s brand new Storyhouse cultural centre opens on Thursday, 11 May and excitement is mounting about this long awaited addition to the city’s already [...]

A sneak peek inside Chester’s Storyhouse centre – a theatre, cinema and library

March 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

We Are Chester editor Angela Ferguson was invited to take a sneak peek inside Chester’s new Storyhouse centre, ahead of its much anticipated opening on 11 May. [...]

Nostalgic photos of Chester station feature at Llangollen Spring Steam Gala

March 3, 2017 // 4 Comments

We Are Chester’s Sophie Francis tells us about an event happening at Llangollen Railway this weekend, including some fascinating photos of Chester Station back in the [...]

‘What to do if you have 48 hours to spend in Chester’ by College of Law student Holly Price

November 25, 2015 // 0 Comments

A warm welcome to new We Are Chester writer, Holly Price. Holly is a student at the College of Law in Christleton and when she isn’t busy completing assignments she [...]

Summer in the city

June 10, 2015 // 0 Comments

So Summer is here – even if it doesn’t always feel like it temperature-wise – and the We Are Chester team are looking forward to getting out and enjoying [...]