Welcome to Luton Life
Welcome to Luton Life – your community magazine packed with features on all things Luton from the past, present and future. It’s hard to imagine a bigger kickstart to the summer than the late May Bank Holiday Weekend. A cast of thousands ensured that BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend and Luton’s 48th International Carnival defied the thunderstorms to shower love across our town. We scraped local artists JW Paris and Ryussi back down from Cloud Nine to get their reactions about playing at Stockwood Park. Take a look at our extensive coverage in a four-page special, beginning overleaf (pages 4-7). Our climate change section (p1011) is also packed with features with a decidedly green-fingered tinge, as rewilding and Luton In Bloom take root. It is headed up with an important new campaign
Re-imagined offices for your re-imagined business? Coming soon – a historic Luton building architecturally transformed and re-imagined for modern workspace requirements. Give your business a new freshness and energy in this beautifully re-designed interior to one of Luton’s most iconic buildings, when it opens later this year. Named after the Luton Town football legend, Bob Morton, Morton House will offer a variety of suites available on inclusive packages for a 12-month licence fee term.
A Luton Rising development
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Located on Kimpton Road opposite Luton Dart Parkway Station, providing excellent public transport links and car parking (including EV charging points). For further information, please contact letting agents: Kirkby Diamond 01582 738 866 info@kirkbydiamond.co.uk
called CATCh, which is designed to give your local schools all the tools they need to create the next generation of eco-warriors. Our Step Forward Luton What’s On pages (p15-19) are brimming with information on upcoming arts and community events coming to town. Whether you’re seeking food, music or fun there is something for everyone in these listings. If you like to get out and about, but don’t like getting your hands dirty, then fear not as Luton’s Parks and Countryside Services will provide the gloves when you join one of their dedicated volunteering teams (p26). You can also find out how to organise your
very own kids’ street party, with a little help from your friends at the council (p27). Our regular Made in Luton feature spotlights retailer Andy Chesham, who reflects on Vinyl Revelations’ 30th anniversary party (p31), closing out the most vibrant Luton Life ever (until the next one!). We hope we’ve provided something for everyone within these pages. But if there are any more hidden gems you’d like to tell us about, or super ideas for future issues, we would LOVE to hear from you. Drop us a line at lutonlife@luton.gov.uk Bye for now then, take care of each other. We are one town, one Luton.
The Luton Life Team
In pictures
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