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Question Mark by Emily Morter on Unsplash

Explore your curiosity and creativity with UCL’s virtual events

This month, UCL are hosting an array of virtual activities to offer a much-needed distraction from lockdown…

Valentine's Day, photo by sharon mccutcheon on Unsplash

Quirky ideas for an alternative or anti-Valentine’s Day at home

We bring you some quirky ideas on how to spend your alternative (or anti) Valentine’s Day at home, with dark tales and clandestine cabaret…

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…

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…

American Museum & Gardens, Hall and Gaines

A presidential garden hidden in the UK

Here we are again, with another slightly topical Curiosity of the Week. As we’ve been gripped by the US Elections, we decided to focus on an unusual link between the UK and USA for our latest curiosity.

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…

Wellcome Collection instagram image

Explore museums in a different way with online treasure hunt

From today (Thursday 18th June), art lovers can explore museums in a new way thanks to a treasure hunt with a difference…

Red Fox Theatre

Culture is unconfined with online festival

Get ready for Culture Unconfined, an online festival featuring five days of drama, documentary, poetry, film and music…

Poppy with her treasured rabbit landscape NML MY Home is My Museum

Make your home your museum during lockdown

Running out of inspiration for activities to keep the little ones busy? National Museums Liverpool have a great little cultural project for you to try…

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Get your culture fix without leaving the house

Contrary Life has put together some suggestions of how to get your fix of exhibitions, gigs and more, without leaving the safety of the sofa…

Jorvik Viking Festival - Photo: York Archaeological Trust

Beard competitions and poo themed activities at York’s Viking festival

JORVIK Viking Festival 2020 will take place in York from Saturday 15th to Sunday 23rd February, with a themed banquet, a battle spectacular and a Viking encampment…

Exterior of the Geffrye Museum at Christmas - Hannah Taylor

Take a break from Christmas shopping and do something more interesting instead

Now that December is here, it’s easy to get a bit wrapped up in the Christmas rush and forget to take some time out for yourself…

Mr Brunel poses with Victorian reenactors at the ss Great Britain during their Victorian Christmas weekend, 8 December 2018.

A taste of Christmas past with Dickens, knights and street urchins

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 this winter…

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…

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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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