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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…

Uummannaq Music, Hivshu

Hear stories from Arctic artists, poets and musicians

The British Museum is encouraging you to take this unique opportunity to pause, reflect and look at our world from new perspectives…

Author Tayari Jones - Aké Festival

Join inspiring events as African festival goes global

Leading arts and literature event, Aké Festival, is heading online for 2020, giving global audiences the chance to listen in…

(CharlotteSketching) tombstone tavern poster - without text

Enjoy Tales from the Tombstone Tavern

Are you ready for Dracula, The Mummy and other classic monsters to entertain you with scary stories this Halloween?

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…

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…

Footprints of London - Literary Footprints 2017

Take a literary wander in London this October

This month, celebrate London books and authors by joining Footprints of London as they host literary walks and virtual talks…

Greenwich+Docklands International Festival 2020 - Black Victorians

Giant metal tripods and a fire garden at London festival

Are you ready for two weeks of immersive installations, colourful dance performances, and eclectic travelling and pop-up events?

Cardiff 1919 Riots Re-drawn by Kyle Legall. Bridge

Graphic novel captures historical racial conflict in Cardiff

This summer, a graphic novel will enable you to step back into a dark period of history in Cardiff, and trace events through real locations…

NEW PERSPECTIVES Love From Cleethorpes

Bite-size drama on a postcard

New Perspectives have devised a novel way of reaching rural audiences, through a six-part drama written on a series of specially designed postcards…

Ey Up Elsie - Yorkshire Festival of Story

Escape this summer with the Yorkshire Festival of Story

This August, Yorkshire Festival of Story will be giving audiences the chance to escape, gain new perspectives and get active through the use of stories…

Virtual Comics Clock Tower

Discover comic art in a virtual clock tower

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has launched a Virtual Comics Clock Tower ahead of October’s LICAF LIVE event…

Shatila Stories - Peirene Press

Shatila Stories zoom into World Refugee Day event

This World Refugee Day, on Saturday 20th June, a special online discussion with the writers of Shatila Stories will take place via Zoom…

God, Does Humanity Exist by poet Kamand Kojouri

New poetry collection focuses on resistance and hope

God, Does Humanity Exist? is a new collection of poems from Kamand Kojouri focusing on suffering, resistance, and, most importantly, hope…

Ibinabo Jack

Make Mondays more moving with monologue series

Throughout this spring and summer, a series of Monday Monologues written by UK and Irish writers will be released by the Bush Theatre…

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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…

Top Story

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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