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Pershore Plum Festival 2013

You’ll be turning purple at Pershore Plum Festival

The British plum season officially begins on 28th July with the start of the Pershore Plum Festival in Worcestershire’s Vale of Evesham…

Bog Snorkelling (Photo: ©VisitBritain/Andy Sewell)

Don’t get bogged down, be a champion

This will be the ninth Bog Snorkelling Championships to be held in Northern Ireland and aims to raise awareness about the importance of bogs…

Clovelly Maritime Festival 2014

Yo ho ho it’s the Clovelly Maritime Festival

Clovelly Maritime Festival on 14th July 2013 will see a day of activities and entertainment for all ages including storytelling, jigs, music and pirates…

World Pea Shooting Championships at Witcham (photo Richard Marsden)

Take a shot at victory with the 2013 World Pea Shooting Championships

The 43rd World Pea Shooting Championship & Village Fair will take place on the Green at Witcham in Cambridgeshire on the 13th July 2013…

The Paper Cinema and BAC present Odyssey

Mimetic, the annual festival of international puppetry, cabaret and visual theatre returns

Enfield’s annual celebration of the wilder side of performance returns to the Dugdale Centre with over 30 performances spanning a range of art forms…

The World Egg Throwing Championships

It’s no yolk, it’s the World Egg Throwing Championships 2013

Every year as part of Swaton’s Vintage Day a challenge takes place between competitors who travel from all over the world. This challenge? It’s none other than the World Egg Throwing Championships!

Farleigh Hungerford Castle

Going underground with Contrary Life: Part 1

There is a world of tunnels, caverns and other underground haunts to explore in the UK. So join us on a journey to the dark side as Contrary Life picks out some subterranean gems and hidden passageways…

David Bowie - White Cloth Gallery, Leeds - The Duffy Collection

Contrary Life gets a bit rock ‘n’ roll for Bowie exhibition launch

The White Cloth Gallery in Leeds is running an exhibition of Bowie photographs taken from the Duffy archive covering a period of 10 years in Bowie’s career…

Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry - ® Lakeland Arts Trust

You think you know the Lakes, but do you know about the Lakeland’s industrial past?

Alongside the river in Kendal’s Abbot Hall is the compact yet perfectly formed Museum of Lakeland Life and Industry…

David Bowie - White Cloth Gallery, Leeds - The Duffy Collection

Unique photographs of Bowie at the White Cloth Gallery in Leeds

The Duffy Archive presents David Bowie through a unique collection of photographs at the White Cloth Gallery in Leeds this May. The exhibition will coincide with the Victoria and Albert Museum’s 2013 exhibition David Bowie is…

Cockton's Yard - Cockermouth

Capers and conversation in Cockermouth

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…

Wilfred Bagshaw's Time Emporium

Will you survive a trip to the Dark Ages as you enter Wilfred Bagshaw’s Time Emporium?

Can you survive the Black Death as you travel back in time with immersive theatre experience, Wilfred Bagshaw’s Time Emporium, at Village Underground…

Pop-up restaurant Mile High (Photo: Oleg Tolstoy)

Dine Mile High style at a pop-up with a difference in London

Popping up in West London four times in 2013, Mile High will transport adventure-seeking guests to a fantasy ‘city break’…

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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…

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The World Egg Throwing Championships are no yolk
World Egg Throwing Championship 2016

Are you a tosser? If so, you may want to head to Lincolnshire this weekend as the 15th World Egg Throwing Championships takes place…

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