This will form a part of the programme for Signals festival, created with Rotherham Music and Children’s Capital of Culture.

But, I had asked myself, was I ready for the coming Year of the Snake, my Chinese zodiac year? Would these auspicious items ...

Visitors gathered in Pingxi, a mountain village in northern Taiwan, to pen their blessing and wishes on paper lanterns and release them into night sky to seek good fortune in the Year of the Snake.

Thousands in Taiwan and China celebrated the Lantern Festival on Wednesday by releasing paper lanterns into the night sky, visiting light installations and snacking on glutinous rice dumplings.