Hillsborough International Oyster Festival is an annual festival in Northern Ireland which includes events such as the World Oyster Eating Championship…
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Axe throwing, a woodland orchestra and a chainsaw carving competition in Scotland
Carve Carrbridge chainsaw carving competition will take place on 31st August in Carrbridge, which is located in the heart of the Cairngorms National Park…
Competitors try to avoid a roasting at the World Gravy Wrestling Championships
The annual World Gravy Wrestling Championships 2013 take place on 26th August (bank holiday Monday) at the Rose n Bowl pub in Lancashire…
You’ve done life drawing, now do Death Drawing with Art Macabre
Join the infamous Art Macabre on 24th August 2013 for an afternoon salon of Death Drawing at the unique location of Barts Pathology Museum…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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!
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…