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The HandleBards on tour

The HandleBards head out on bikes to pedal their plays

Fancy some open-air theatre this summer? The popular Shakespearean troupe known as The Handlebards are back with another bicycle-powered tour…

You Heard Me by Luca Rutherford, Credit Camilla Greenwell

Art meets theatre in one-woman play and exhibition

Are you listening? This is a question that powerful one-woman play You Heard Me asks as it tours the UK over the coming months…

Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival - Cambridgeshire

Follow a straw bear in Cambridgeshire

Follow a giant ‘bear’ around a Cambridgeshire town this weekend, as an unusual annual custom takes place…

Grantchester Barrel Race - Photo: cmglee

Roll out the barrel this Boxing Day

Every year, on Boxing Day, the village of Grantchester in Cambridgeshire comes alive with the eccentric sport of Barrel Rolling…

Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2019

Cambridge Festival of Ideas embraces change

Cambridge Festival of Ideas launches this week with an array of events and cutting edge thinkers, tackling social, cultural and political change in a rapidly transforming world…

World Pea Shooting Championships - Witcham - Photo Richard Marsden

Pinging peas becomes competitive in Cambridgeshire

This weekend, the 49th World Pea Shooting Championships will be taking place in Witcham village, Cambridgeshire…

WATCH OUT 2019

Watch Out for edgy theatre festival this weekend

Cambridge Junction’s popular WATCH OUT Festival returns this weekend with a day of experimental, unusual and risqué performances…

Twilight at the Museums - Cambridge - Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

Half term adventures at Twilight at the Museums

This February half-term, 14 of Cambridge’s museums and collections will be opening their doors for a series of free, drop-in adventures and activities after dark…

Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival - Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire’s quirky Straw Bear Festival

The annual Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival takes place in Cambridgeshire from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th January with parades, dancing, music and storytelling…

World Pea Shooting Championships - Witcham - Photo Richard Marsden

Hit the target at the World Pea Shooting Championship

The 48th World Pea Shooting Championship will take place on the Green at Witcham in Cambridgeshire on Saturday 14th July…

Antic Disposition Much Ado About Nothing UK tour 2018

Watch some Shakespeare in unusual historical locations

This summer, watch a unique production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing in some unusual and beautiful historic locations across the UK…

Hotbed theatre festival 2018 - Cambridge - Underneath

Festival showcases a Hotbed of new theatre in Cambridge

Hotbed is a festival of new theatre, hosted by the Menagerie Theatre Company at Cambridge Junction. This year’s festival takes place on 6th and 7th July…

WATCH OUT 2018 - Cambridge Junction

WATCH OUT for festival of experimental work in Cambridge

WATCH OUT, Cambridge Junction’s showcase of fresh experimental work with something to say, will take place on Saturday 26th May…

Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival - Cambridgeshire

Whittlesea Straw Bear brings dancing, music and parades to Cambridgeshire

The 39th Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival takes place in Cambridgeshire from Friday 12th to Sunday 14th January with parades, dancing, music and storytelling…

Grantchester Barrel Race - Photo: cmglee

Some Boxing Day barrel rolling in Grantchester

Every year, on Boxing Day, the village of Grantchester in Cambridgeshire comes alive with the eccentric sport of Barrel Rolling…

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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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Make some noise for Whitby’s Krampus Run
Whitby Krampus Run 2018 - photo by Cassandra Sutton

As Father Christmas makes his annual visit to towns across the UK this weekend, there’s another, much darker character making his way to Whitby in North Yorkshire…

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