This bivalve is widespread in coastal waters and on the ocean shelves of the North Atlantic. In North America it is usually called the Ocean Quahog (pronounced ko-hog). Arctica islandica dates back to at least the early Cretaceous about 135 million years ago. Individual Icelandic Cyprines live for hundreds of years, the oldest living non-colonial […]
The Lincolnshire Bell lies at the heart of an impressive range of arts activity, led by the Lincolnshire Time and Tide Bell CIC's Artistic Director, Biff Vernon. This example is of Warming Bells, an exhibition at the North Sea Observatory, Chapel Point, Lincolnshire, in August-September 2019, with the following theme: We are a group of […]
Short film about the inauguration of the Mablethorpe bell and what the wider project means. We have used it to describe the ethos of the whole project more widely.
The bell's setting, on the wide and long beach running North from Mablethorpe is enormously striking - at all states of the tide it stands out in an enormous expanse of sand and water. The nearest road and car-parking is at North End, Mablethorpe by the Ferryboat Inn and Seal Sanctuary. Bus routes 51 and […]
The bell installation took place in horrible weather, with help from a team from Van Oord and contractors Groundsun. The seventh bell of the series, it is the first to be installed on a sandy beach, which required a new form of mounting to the project. The installation was the result of an enormous amount […]
