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The line-up for Hertfordshire Library's literary festival has just been announced and there will be authors appearing across the county

Whatever 2015 holds for you, make use of Hitchin Library either for real or online and make it all so much better.

For the last time EVER, people are invited to look behind the scenes at Hitchin Museum on Friday 19 December at 10am

Original art, painted by internationally-renowned resident of Hitchin, Sarah Graham, on display at The Art Nest

A little known fact - the new illustrations used for this year's Rhythms of the World festival were created by Hitchin's own Dan Bramall.

There may be no trees in sight, but the Copper Beech Gallery and Wisteria Tea Rooms has moved from Little Wymondley to Churchgate

Oil paintings from the collections of Letchworth and Hitchin Museums can now be seen online, thanks to a joint effort by the BBC, The Public Catalogue Foundation (PCF) and a range of partners in developing the website bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings.

The Community and Enterprise Shop on Hermitage Road will feature the work of Sarah Graham for an Art Open Weekend on 17 and 18 November.

This time, the end of an era feels overwhelmingly positive, as the doors of Hitchin Town Hall close for its redevelopment into an exciting new venue,