The Dashwood Mausoleum
This week’s Curiosity of the Week is the Dashwood Mausoleum in Buckinghamshire. A hexagonal structure found on the hill in West Wycombe…
It’s no yolk, it’s the World Egg Throwing Championships 2013
Every year as part of Swaton’s Vintage Day a challenge takes place between competitors who travel from all over the world. This challenge? It’s none other than the World Egg Throwing Championships!
Literature Archive
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Embrace the arts with Malfest this May
Malfest is an arts & literary festival taking place in Malpas, Cheshire running from Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th May with music, talks, workshops and more…
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Capers and conversation in Cockermouth
Until recently not many people had heard of Cockermouth. Then the floods came. But there is more to this part of Cumbria than water damage. The Cumbria Contemporary weekender offered a chance to experience the cultural and historical side of the town…
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Bookish in Bedfordshire as Wrest Park hosts a literary season
Throughout March 2013, enjoy a range of literary lectures at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire beginning with the Real Life Downton Abbey on 3rd March…
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A world of words in Nottingham
The Nottingham Festival of Words takes place from 9th to 24th February 2013 and will feature Michael Rosen and Alice Oswald as well as local writers, poets and storytellers…
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Love, Peace and Potatoes
John Hegley returns to Jacksons Lane with an evening of poetry and comedy from his new book, Love, Peace and Potatoes on 15th and 16th February 2013…
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Valentine’s Day with a 1920’s twist!
Celebrate the roaring twenties and a decade of decadence at an adult-only Valentine’s late event held at the Museum of London on 14 February…
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A night of live literature at Theatre Delicatessen
Alternative publisher and live literature producer, Annexe Magazine, presents Annexe, Et Al; a spoken word party to celebrate the beginning of a kick ass 2013…
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London Is The Place For Me
London Is The Place For Me is a free festival, celebrating of 50 years of Trinidad & Tobago independence running from 12th to 25th August 2012…
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Step back in time with the Victorian Festival
Step back in time to the 1800s with the Victorian Festival at Llandrindod Wells, 18th – 26th August 2012…
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Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum! It’s Treasure Island Weekend at Blists Hill
Dress as a pirate and join in Blists Hill Victorian Town’s Treasure Island Weekend, 25th – 27th August 2012…
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Dress Up and Join the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
Dress up as Alice in Wonderland or another character from the famous book and go along to Blists Hill Victorian Town, near Ironbridge, which will be hosting a themed event over the weekend of 21st – 22nd July…
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Rambling on at the Books, Borders & Bikes literary festival
Head to Traquair House in the Scottish Borders this August for a unique literary festival bringing international writers, thinkers and politicians together for a weekend of inspiring debates, literary walks and storytelling bike rides through the local countryside…