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Beamish Georgian Fair 2016

Party like it’s 1799 at Beamish Georgian Fair

From Thursday 1st to Sunday 4th June, visitors can enjoy all the hustle and bustle of a Georgian Fair at the Beamish Museum’s Pockerley Waggonway…

Beamish Georgian Fair 2016

Meet peddlers, quack doctors and fire-eaters at Beamish Georgian Fair

Enjoy Sedan Chair Racing and Barrel Rolling Contests at Beamish Georgian Fair from Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th June 2016…

Georgian Fair

When: 1st May 2010 for the fair but events run from 30th April – 2nd May 2010 Where: Throughout the town of Cockermouth, Cumbria £: Mostly free.  Some events are priced separately. What is it? Cockermouth came to the country’s attention in November last year when the most cataclysmic flooding of the two rivers that […]

Curiosity of the Week

Orkney’s Italian Chapel
Italian Chapel, Lambholm, Orkney

For our latest Curiosity of the Week we are heading over to Orkney to discover a rather unusual piece of history…an Italian Chapel made from Nissen huts and a shipwreck!

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Exhibition finds beauty in forgotten and discarded items
Jimmy Turrell & Richard Turley exhibition Unforsaken at The Book Club in Shoreditch

This month, Jimmy Turrell and Richard Turley will be taking over The Book Club in Shoreditch with their exhibition Unforsaken, finding true beauty in forgotten and discarded objects…

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