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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…

OutdoorsIndoors, Northumberland National Park

Go #OutdoorsIndoors and escape to nature

Northumberland National Park is using social media to bring the unique qualities of the landscape, wildlife and environment to people stuck at home…

Book covers

Five books to transport you from isolation

You’ve survived a month of lockdown, you’ve cleaned the house from top to bottom, finished the DIY and baked all the bread you can possibly eat. Maybe it’s time to put your feet up with a good book?

Shakespeare in Quarantine, virtual book club podcast

Shakespeare in Quarantine, a podcast for book lovers

A virtual book club has launched, exploring the work of Shakespeare and bringing a fresh take on some well-known classic plays…

Thomson W, IM005599 - The Royal Society

An evening of science and fiction at the Royal Society

This February, head to the Royal Society in London for a special late event with a Science Fiction theme…

Otter © Jackie Morris

Connect with nature at Lost Words Festival

A festival dedicated to a book that has become a global movement, celebrating language and nature, will open at The Sill: National Landscape Discovery Centre…

Shamus Dust review by Contrary Life

Book review: Shamus Dust

Read our review of Janet Roger’s Shamus Dust, a hard-boiled detective story set in a Wintry 1940s London…

Being Human festival - I am human badge - credit - Being Human festival

Discoveries and secrets at this year’s Being Human festival

From trawling for treasures in archives to discovering secret lives and overlooked histories, the annual Being Human festival is back this month…

Dancers of Damelahamid - photo credit Chris Randle

Storytelling festival is beyond words

This month, join in with a celebration of our shared heritage, human connections and place in the world, through storytelling, music and dance…

Bloomsbury Festival 2019

Take a giant leap to this year’s Bloomsbury Festival

Visitors can join a night-time street party, a 1969 tea dance, and a moon walk as central London’s annual festival of arts, culture and science takes place…

LICAF 2019 Exhibition Edward Taylor

Viz World Record challenge and zombie concert at comic art festival

This weekend, a world of comic art will return to Kendal for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival with live drawing, exhibitions and special events…

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Curiosity of the Week

Woodhenge, Stonehenge’s lesser-known neighbour
Woodhenge - ©English Heritage, Historic England Photo Library

You have heard of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, but have you heard of its lesser known neighbour, Woodhenge? Find out more in our latest Curiosity of the Week…

Top Story

Fakes, forgeries and misinformation at Royal Society Late
Dragon Fish - The Royal Society Lates in March

Next month, the Royal Society’s Late event mixes tomfoolery with science as it tackles fake news and hoaxes…

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