News Blast: UK Eurovision song by Ramsgate's Look Mum No Computer revealed

Ramsgate's Look Mum No Computer reveals Eurovision song, Margate's Quench launches crowdfunder, Broadstairs resident James Barnes-Miller competes in the Winter Paralympics and more. Here's this week's creative and cultural news from across Thanet.

Eurovision entrant and Ramsgate resident, Look Mum No Computer has revealed the song he will perform in Austria in May. Eins, Zwei, Drei is as kitsch and weird as its music video, and I’m here for the pizza with the face and the keyboard playing furry box heads. 

Interview: UK Eurovision star Look Mum No Computer’s music and sound tech museum

Ever had the urge to push a mystery button? Strange Tourist visits This Museum Is (Not) Obsolete, where visitors are invited to do just that. Visitors are encouraged to make music and sound with old tech (whether it was designed to or not) and in the process learn about how it works

Strange TouristAndy Malt

Broadstairs resident and Winter Paralympian James Barnes-Miller heads to Milan to compete in his third and final games. The snowboarder competes in the SB-UL class for athletes with upper limb impairments in snowboard cross banked slalom at Milano Cotina, with seeding starting today. 

Quench is launching a fundraiser to a new season of work at the Cliftonville gallery. The funds will go towards a group exhibition by artists who are navigating mental health challenges, as well as seminars and workshops on peer support and self care, and resources to help reduce isolation and support sustainable creative practice. Donations of £30 Lindsey Mendick ceramic brain pin - although these are in limited numbers, so get in quick. There’s just under 50 days left on the fundraiser and a target of £18,774. Donate. 

Sheldons on Margate High Street has had a change of ownership, and a name change. Now The Fox and The Hound, Jonathan Wood, ex-Northern Belle, is running the joint, after spending two months on a refurb. 

Manston Airport owners RiverOak Strategic Parters Limited will launch a public consultation as part of the process to reopen the airport. The consultation is the third stage out of seven, and will present flight paths and airspace structure to the public, and will run Monday March 16 - Monday, June 22. Events will be online and in person. Event details and further information will be on the Civil Aviation Authority Citizen Space Consultation Portal from March 16. 

Ramsgate wine bar Penelope is now open Thursdays, 5pm-9pm. They’re also serving up nosh from Rachel O’Sullivan, the chef behind the sumptuous Rakookoo, every trading day, which is Thursday to Sunday. 

Another evening meal deal, High Dive on Margate’s High Street has launched Taco Tuesday. Stroll up, or book, to grab two for one tacos, which are available alongside the full menu.