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Open book and whisky, photo Josh Applegate

How to celebrate Burns Night at home

We bring you some quirky and creative ideas on how to celebrate Burns Night at home. From online bagpipe lessons to virtual whisky tasting…

Normanton Church by Karen Cann

Normanton Church, a waterside wonder

Welcome to a new year, and a new Curiosity of the Week! Our first curiosity of 2021 is a sunken church. It’s also one of the UK’s finest hidden gem tourist attractions…

London by William Santos/unsplash

Find some New Year inspiration with a virtual London tour

This January, head online to discover more about our capital city with a range of alternative and quirky virtual London tours…

Christmas in London, emmanuel appiah via unsplash

Take some unusual and virtual walks around London

This December, Footprints of London are hosting festive and alternative walks around the capital, both virtually and in person…

Christmas at the Old Royal Naval College

Pop-up festive theatre and live-streamed carols

Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College will be helping visitors get into the Christmas spirit with pop-up festive theatre and live-streamed carols…

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…

Witch Mark at National Trust Little Moreton Hall

Have you seen a Witch Mark?

We’re carrying on with our spooky Halloween theme for Curiosity of the Week, by taking a look at Apotropaic Marks…

Blood and Guts walking tour, Edinburgh

Blood, guts and cabbages this Halloween

This Halloween, don’t let kids have all the fun. Edinburgh’s Surgeons’ Hall Museums will host some gut wrenching events, perfect for adults…

The Dark Hedges by Trevor Cole on Unsplash

Take a wander under The Dark Hedges

Our latest Curiosity of the Week is a spooky treat, just in time for Halloween. A rather eerie and unusual avenue of beech trees…

Halloween Late at the Old Royal Naval College

A haunting Halloween Late in Greenwich

Expect late night tales and terrifying yarns as the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich host their first Halloween Late…

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’…

Crossness Pumping Station, Nicolas Lysandrou on unsplash

A beautiful way to pump out poop

Our latest Curiosity of the Week might cause a bit of a stink! We’re taking a look at the Victorian wonder that is Crossness Pumping Station…

Vicars' Close image by Amber Maxwell Boydell/Unsplash

A little Somerset street with a big claim

For our latest Curiosity of the Week, we take you to the cathedral city of Wells in Somerset. Come with us to Vicars’ Close…

Bristol Open Doors 2020 - immersive audio tours

Explore Bristol’s hidden places and vibrant spaces

Take an immersive audio tour this month, to discover some of Bristol’s hidden and vibrant spaces…

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Curiosity of the Week

Normanton Church, a waterside wonder
Normanton Church by Karen Cann

Welcome to a new year, and a new Curiosity of the Week! Our first curiosity of 2021 is a sunken church. It’s also one of the UK’s finest hidden gem tourist attractions…

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Drama from a toilet cubicle
Overflow, Bush Theatre steaming show

This month, UK audiences can enjoy a streamed performance of Overflow, a heart-wrenching show played out in a club toilet…

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