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7 pretty towns on the UK’s south coast
With quaint tearooms, beach huts as colourful as India’s Holi festival and new art sculptures courtesy of England s Creative Coast, south England’s seaside towns have never been so tempting
1. Margate
Turner Contemporary, Margate (Thierry Bal/England s Creative Coast)
Once down at heel, Margate has morphed into a hip seaside town thanks to the Turner Contemporary, which opened on the edge of the beach in 2011. Art fans should look out for Michael Rakowitz’s
April is the Cruellest Month sculpture, which is modelled after a soldier who served in Iraq in 2003 – one of seven new outdoor artworks by top artists that are strung along the south coast.
This event is free and open to the public, and community members are welcome to attend. Register in advance at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN ycBwE6xmQbSJ9TbaNEE6 w. Moderated by Assistant Professor of English Victoria Papa, who also directs The Mind s Eye, a research and praxis initiative at MCLA, featured speakers include professors from the College s English & Communications, Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, and Philosophy departments. Featured speakers: Caren Beilin, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and author of Blackfishing the IUD (Wolfman Books, 2019) Ingrid E. Castro, Professor of Sociology and editor/author of Childhood, Agency, and Fantasy: Walking in Other Worlds (Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield, 2021)