Bird Song fills the streets of Margate, thanks to Whispering Window When entering Margate’s High Street, visitors are today greeted by the captivating tune of a Nightingale’s song thanks to an innovative project by sound artist, Robert Jarvis. The project originally launched to help change the ambience of the Kent-based high street, which was recently profiled following its selection as a ‘Portas Pilot’ regeneration project by Mary Portas, and to date the project has been well received by both visitors to the town and traders. Robert explains: “Having heard about the Mary Portas project in Margate, I knew it was a town that would be receptive to new ideas. I looked at it from the point of view of ‘what is the smallest thing you can do, that ma

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