Photograph showing an older white-haired man outdoors beside a timber-clad building. He smiles in profile, wearing a black jacket and blue-grey neck warmer, with windows and another person blurred in background.
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Front Row Talk: The Cornish Sketchbooks

Sun, 2.30 – 3.30pm

The Bowes Museum

Join Mike Thornton, Norman Cornish’s son-in-law, for an intimate walkthrough of The Bowes Museum’s Norman Cornish: A Life in Sketchbooks exhibition.

Discover how Cornish’s sketchbooks shaped his creative practice and became a visual record of his life and work, capturing the people, places and everyday moments of his hometown of Spennymoor and the wider County Durham region.

This event is part of The Bowes Museum’s Front Row Talks series, offering a closer look at the life and work of a local artist. Recommended for ages 16+

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The Bowes Museum

Newgate Barnard Castle DL12 8NP

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8 November 2026

Sun, 2.30 – 3.30pm

£10

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Venue opening hours:

  • Mon 10am – 5pm
  • Tue 10am – 5pm
  • Wed 10am – 5pm
  • Thu 10am – 5pm
  • Fri 10am – 5pm
  • Sat 10am – 5pm
  • Sun 10am – 5pm

Accessibility

  • Accessible toilets
  • Adult changing facilities
  • Baby changing facilities
  • Interpretation aids
  • Level access
  • Lifts to all areas
  • Mobile gallery stools
  • Mobility scooters
  • Walking aids
  • Wheelchair access
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