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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…

Tenby Boxing Day Swim 2017

‘Tis the season for chilly dips into icy waters

This festive season, brave souls will be donning their trunks, swimming costumes, and fancy dress outfits as they prepare to take a quick dip in the waters…

A Christmas Carol tour 2019

Step into Dickens’ study for A Christmas Carol

This festive season, audiences can experience A Christmas Carol as Dickens himself performed it more than 150 years ago. ..

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…

The Pyre Parade, The Rough Band, SPILL Festival of Performance 2019, image by Guido Mencari

Burn your bad news at the Pyre Parade

The Pyre Parade will take to the streets of Ipswich this Saturday (26th October), offering the chance to burn your bad news…

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…

Neal Pike Five Years

An exploration of adolescence in Five Years

Based on memories of life at a special educational needs school, Five Years uses poetry, storytelling and direct address to explore an adolescence…

HighTide Festival 2019 Aldeburgh

Comic capers, heartfelt stories and tricky topics in Suffolk

This week, head to the Suffolk coast for a festival of new theatre and live performance as the 2019 HighTide Festival takes place…

Great Yarmouth Venetian Waterway - photo: Gary Philo

Visit a Venetian Waterway in Norfolk

Our latest Curiosity of the Week is a Venetian style waterway in the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth…

Ipswich Historic Waterfront Trail

Join pirates and sailors at Ipswich Maritime Festival

This weekend, Ipswich will be celebrating all things nautical with pirate crews, Georgian sailors, maritime themed inflatables and ships…

2CV 24 Hour Race - Photo: Neil Lambert

Quirky 24 hour car race in Norfolk

This month, visitors to Snetterton Circuit will be able to watch strange-looking French relics take to the track in a unique 24 hour race…

World Championship Coracle Race 2016 - Shrewsbury

Messing about on the river in quirky boats

This summer, there will be an array of events taking place on our rivers, celebrating the traditional yet quirky Coracle…

Shaldon Water Carnival 2014 - Devon

Head to the coast for quirky water themed fun

This summer, head to the UK coast for a host of quirky contests and family-friendly nautical-themed entertainment…

World Snail Racing Championships- Photo Tony Scase News Service Ltd

Slow and steady wins the snail race

The 2019 World Snail Racing Championships will take place in Norfolk this month, and anyone can take part…

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…

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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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