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Light Up Poole 2019 - Dorset events

Embrace the winter nights with Light Up Poole

This year’s Light Up Poole, Dorset’s annual festival of light art, will feature four world premieres, a European premiere and a raft of newly commissioned works.

Jorvik Viking Festival - Photo: York Archaeological Trust

Best beard competitions, spectacular battles and forgotten stories of Viking women

JORVIK Viking Festival will feature forgotten stories of Viking women, a battle spectacular, a Viking encampment, Strongest Viking and Best Beard competitions, mead tasting, a Viking banquet and Poo Day…

Dracula at the London Library, Creation Theatre

Dracula visits The London Library

A new adaptation of Dracula will premiere at the historic London Library this February; the venue where Bram Stoker spent seven years researching his gothic masterpiece…

Up Helly Aa fire festival, Shetland mainland

Vikings fired up for Shetland’s Up Helly Aa

From January to March, the Shetland Islands come alive with a whole host of Viking themed fire festivals, known as Up Helly Aa…

Les Antliaclastes - Valse des Hommelettes 8 © E. Dubost

Acrobats, unique puppets and inventive physical comedy at Mime Festival

London International Mime Festival 2019 features cutting edge circus-theatre, juggling, puppetry, live art, mime and physical theatre, at venues across the capital…

Haxey Hood 2018 - Lincolnshire

A unique 700 year old tradition in Lincolnshire

The Haxey Hood Game is a unique 700 year old tradition, played on the 12th day of Christmas in Lincolnshire with a ‘Fool’ and ‘Boggans’…

Twelfth Night - Bankside London

A unique and lively Twelfth Night celebration in London

On Sunday 6th January, the Bankside area of London will come alive with singing, dancing, plays and storytelling for a unique Twelfth Night celebration…

Gingerbread City pop up London -Christmas events 2017 Luke Hayes

Town planning just got tasty with London’s Gingerbread City

This festive season, the Museum of Architecture is bringing a Gingerbread City to London, with more than 60 buildings as well as gingerbread workshops to take part in…

Magical Lantern Festival 2017

Penguins, peacocks and Santa pop up at the Magical Lantern Festival

The Magical Lantern Festival is returning to Birmingham, from Friday 23rd November to Tuesday 1st January, with a colourful array of new lanterns…

Victorian Festival of Christmas

Ditch the technology and delve into Christmas past

Take a trip to Christmas past, in a more pleasant way than Scrooge did, by visiting one of the many Dickens, Victorian and medieval themed events taking place across the UK this festive season…

Cake Fest - Perth, Scotland

An edible map pops up in Perth for Cake Fest

Scotland’s Cake Fest is returning on Sunday 18th November, as part of the annual Winter Festival celebrations in Perth City Centre, with an edible map to enjoy…

World's Biggest Liar Competition - Cumbria

Large lies and tall tales at Cumbria’s quirky competition

Every November, a rural pub in Cumbria is taken over by tall tales and silly stories as the World’s Biggest Liar competition takes place…

Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival 2016 - Photo: Timeless ImagesBridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival 2016 - Photo: Timeless Images

Bridgwater’s unique illuminated parade and fireworks

This year’s Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival will take place on Saturday 3rd November in Somerset, with a large illuminated parade…

UK Rock Paper Scissors Championship - London - Wacky Nation

Can you cut it at the European Rock Paper Scissors Championships?

The inaugural European Rock Paper Scissors Championships will be held in London on Saturday 3rd November, with participants representing countries from across Europe in a fiercely contested knockout tournament…

Julie Rose Bower, Foley Explosion (Photo: Chloe Wicks)

An alternative spy thriller in Ipswich and London

This autumn, sound artist Julie Rose Bower will present alternative spy thriller, Foley Explosion, at the SPILL Festival in Ipswich and at the Hackney Showroom in London…

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Curiosity of the Week

Orkney’s Italian Chapel
Italian Chapel, Lambholm, Orkney

For our latest Curiosity of the Week we are heading over to Orkney to discover a rather unusual piece of history…an Italian Chapel made from Nissen huts and a shipwreck!

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Exhibition finds beauty in forgotten and discarded items
Jimmy Turrell & Richard Turley exhibition Unforsaken at The Book Club in Shoreditch

This month, Jimmy Turrell and Richard Turley will be taking over The Book Club in Shoreditch with their exhibition Unforsaken, finding true beauty in forgotten and discarded objects…

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