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Polly and the Billets Doux

Polly and the Billets Doux are coming to a venue near you

Polly And The Billets Doux, who play a blend of jazz, blues, folk and soul, are heading out across the UK…

Lantern Making Workshop - The Bowes Museum

Lantern making workshop is a bright idea for the kids

Why not have fun making a ‘withie’ lantern at The Bowes Museum? Workshops run from the 27th – 29th October 2010…

Romans - English Heritage

Here comes the cavalry

See a duo of Roman cavalry troopers from the time of the conquest of Britain and the 1st century AD at Chesters Roman Fort on the 29th & 30th August…

Family Fun Day - Bowes Museum - August 2010

Family fun day at The Bowes Museum

Family fun day on 25th August at The Bowes Museum with activities including crafts, storytelling and a trail…

CoBiUK Charity Cycle Challenge

You could look sweet, upon the seat, of a bicycle made for…seven!

People from all across Britain are being invited to take part in a charity bike ride from John O’ Groats to Land’s End this August. But it’s not just any bike ride. The group will be riding a seven-seater circular bike, all in aid of Cancer Research UK…

Meet King Arthur's warriors

When: 30th & 31st May 2010, 11am – 4pm Where: Birdoswald Roman Fort, Hadrian’s Wall, Northumberland £: 5.50 (concessions 5, children 3).  English Heritage members free. What is it? 2010 is the 1600th anniversary of the end of Roman rule.  The end of the protection of Rome gave raise to the start of the Dark […]

River Ecology at Killhope

When: 2nd May 2010 Where: Killhope The North Of England Lead Mining Museum, Upper Weardale, Co Durham DL13 1AR £: 1 per child (plus normal admission charges) What is it? Killhope is an award-winning lead mining museum complete with a fully restored 19th century lead mine, waterwheel, a mineral collection, woodland to stroll around in and a […]

Kielder Lantern Parade

When: 20th March 2010 (from 12pm for workshop & from 5pm for parade) Where: Kielder Water & Forest Park, Northumberland £: Free for parade & 4.50 for latern making workshop What is it? The 250 square miles of Kielder Water & Forest Park  is home to the largest forest in England and the largest man-made […]

My Mother Told Me Not To Stare

When: 19th February – 10th April 2010 Where: Various theatres across the UK in Darlington, Middlesbrough, Keswick, Washington, Poole, Lincoln, Ellesmere Port, London, Hatfield, Ormskirk, Carmarthenshire, Colchester, Reading, Southampton £: Ticket prices vary What is it? This is a quirky play for children and their grown ups. Bobby Rogers lives in a town where everyone […]

Illuminating Hadrian's Wall

When: 13th March 2010 Where: Coast to coast along Hadrian’s Wall £: Free but ticketed What is it? The event starts at dusk at Segedunum Roman Fort, Wallsend, where the first light will be lit.  Lights will then be lit along the wall across to Bowness-on-Solway on the Cumbrian coast.  There will be various events […]

Father Christmas & The Butler

When: 28th & 29th November 2009 Where: Belsay Hall, Castle & Gardens, Northumberland £: 6.50 for adults & 3.30 for children What is it? Get into the Christmas spirit, Victorian style!  Let your little ones be mesmerised by tales, stories and poems told by a Victorian Father Christmas.  Or why not listen to  Mr Meakin, the Victorian Butler, […]

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Visit a Venetian Waterway in Norfolk
Great Yarmouth Venetian Waterway - photo: Gary Philo

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

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Unique light display in Cornwall
Mousehole Harbour Lights

Head to the Cornish fishing village of Mousehole this winter, for their unique annual Christmas lights display…

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