Until recently not many people had heard of Cockermouth. Then the floods came. But there is more to this part of Cumbria than water damage. The Cumbria Contemporary weekender offered a chance to experience the cultural and historical side of the town…
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Having a folking good time on the train
The Folk Train is a musical ride from Manchester to Hathersage via some stunning Peak District countryside with a live band as your soundtrack…
Traditional wrestling, fell running and more at Ambleside Sports 2012
Ambleside Traditional Sports Day took place on 26th July 2012 and included a 9 mile fell run, cycle races, hound trails and of Cumberland & Westmorland Wrestling…
Mummers, Maypoles and Milkmaids at the Horniman Museum
A year of traditional customs and festivities with the Mummers, Maypoles and Milkmaids exhibition proves to be interesting stuff at the Horniman Museum…
Quirky cycle races at London Nocturne 2012
The London Nocturne 2012, a one-day cycling event at Smithfields Market took place on 9th June with quirky events including a Penny Farthing race, a folding bike race and the longest skid…
The Biscuit Festival promised so much but was just a bit crumby
The British Biscuit Festival promised so much and could have been so great. Who doesn’t like biscuits afterall?
The beauty of the Beast
Beast tells the story of the relationship between Valie (Mel Oskar), a prostitute, and Egon (Kieron Jecchinis), an artist. Read our review to find out more…
Quick march your way along to join Henry V’s army
Quick march your way along to Marylebone Gardens for Theatre Delicatessen’s immersive, modern take on Shakespeare’s Henry V…
Pregnant men, chocolate caviar and human regeneration… it must be the Science Museum Lates
Every month the Science Museum has an adults-only late night opening with talks and activities all centred around a theme…
One man’s best seller causes trouble in a bar cellar
A play about one man’s past unravelling his perfect life, Sleeping Dogs by Brenda Gottsche is on at the Barons Court Theatre until18th February 2012…
On the hunt around the hidden parts of London
Roaming around central London on the hunt to discover hidden parts of the city…
A blooming good day out in London
The Bloomsbury Festival is an annual free event that takes place around Bloomsbury in London…
How To Be Happy is a comic lesson in misery
How to be Happy, written and directed by David Lewis, is a play that asks questions about the pursuit of happiness through material possession in a consumerist society…
Whose Opera is it Anyway?
Impropera’s Octoberfest at Kings Place in London was an evening of improvised opera with a German twist, in celebration of Munich’s own Oktoberfest…
The Wolf turns out to be a lupine howl
Sturdy Beggars return to the tunnels of the Network Theatre with a brand new adaptation of Molnar’s rarely-performed classic farce, The Wolf…