{"id":959,"date":"2024-08-12T09:36:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T09:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival-24\/?page_id=959"},"modified":"2024-08-12T14:04:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T14:04:29","slug":"submerge-ailsa-madill","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival-24\/eco-visions\/submerge-ailsa-madill\/","title":{"rendered":"Submerge (Ailsa Madill)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"959\" class=\"elementor elementor-959\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8d0374 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b8d0374\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fff758c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fff758c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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