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CAN Festival 2021 at Two Temple Place - artist Chloe Wing, photo Jodie Gilliam 10 - Copy

Enjoy a unique digital arts encounter

CAN x TWO TEMPLE PLACE is a special digital event co-produced by contemporary British Chinese artists and one of London’s hidden gems…

HistoryRiot, Tudor Palace Palaver

Interactive game creates a Tudor Palace Palaver

This half term, head back in time to the Tudor era for a family-friendly event with a difference…

Dalby Forest North York Moors Dark Skies cSteve Bell

Discover nocturnal wildlife wonders at Virtual Dark Skies Festival

This year’s Dark Skies Festival is going virtual to help you explore space, nocturnal wildlife and the night sky…

Creative Cabin, Thelma Hulbert Gallery Devon

Devon culture series hopes to lift spirits

A new digital programme will creatively explore everything from wild swimming and tidal patterns to healing herbs and tree planting…

Right Here Festival - Brittany Johnston by Jacob Punter

Creativity celebrated with Right Here Festival

Enjoy a celebration of the creativity and vibrancy of Crawley as the Right Here Festival takes place with spoken word, dance and photography…

Photo by LoboStudio Hamburg on Unsplash

Ringing in the New Year with phone box artwork

This New Year’s Day, Pick Me Up (& hold me tight) will be aiming to make every phone box in the UK ring at the same time, at 11am…

Paisley Museum glass collection

Paisley Museum’s hidden gems ready for display

Discover Paisley’s Secret Collection and it’s 2000 year-old link to Syria through a unique glass display…

Being Human Festival 2020

Being Human festival invites you for a cultural cuppa

This November, join Being Human festival’s virtual talks, tours, quizzes, exhibitions, storytelling, and virtual cafés…

Laser Light City Leeds, Keith Craven Photography

Art to light up the dark in Leeds

This year, Light Night Leeds will be taking a different approach to lighting up the city sky, with an interactive laser light show and online events…

Enchanted Christmas at Westonbirt 2020

Have an Enchanted Christmas in a forest wonderland

This Christmas, take an enchanted trail through the trees with an illuminated night-time event in Gloucestershire…

The Singing Ringing Tree

A unique musical sculpture in Lancashire

Following on from last week’s rather touching sculpture, we bring you an altogether different kind of sculpture for our latest Curiosity of the Week…

No Pasara by Leila Alaoui, 2008

Unseen stories of communities are captured in exhibition

Somerset House and 1-54 Contemporary African Art fair are hosting an exhibition capturing unseen stories of people displaced by conflict…

Art by Toy_Box

Not just Bang! Pow! Splat! A different view with Thinking Comics

LICAF Live is hosting a series of thought-provoking presentations by leading comic artists in their virtual Thinking Comics programme…

St Abbs Sculpture, Widows and Bairns, Black Friday

Widows and Bairns look out to sea

Our latest Curiosity of the Week is an unusual and touching sculpture, commemorating the 1881 fishing disaster known as ‘Black Friday’…

We Make Events, Global Day of Action

Artist shines a light on Wales for Global Action Day

This evening (Wednesday 30th September), watch as a digital Welsh flag is lit up as part of a Global Day of Action…

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Curiosity of the Week

Take a ride through history at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Blackpool Pleasure Beach sign

For our latest Curiosity of the Week, we thought we’d bring you a bit of cheery escapism in the form of fairground rides!

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Discover nocturnal wildlife wonders at Virtual Dark Skies Festival
Dalby Forest North York Moors Dark Skies cSteve Bell

This year’s Dark Skies Festival is going virtual to help you explore space, nocturnal wildlife and the night sky…

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