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Picnic Cinema

Join Captain Picnic for an alternative isolation party

This weekend, the folks behind the wonderfully eccentric Picnic Cinema are hosting an isolation party with a difference…

Picnic Cinema Burlesque Ball and Festival of Thrift 2018

A Festival of Thrift and a Burlesque Ball

This month, Picnic Cinema will be bringing their quirky cinema event, the Burlesque Ball, to the Festival of Thrift at Kirkleatham, Redcar…

Picnic Cinema at Lowther Castle

A boutique weekend of vintage and quirky fun at Lowther Castle

The North’s quirky outdoor cinema, Picnic Cinema, will be joining forces with the award-winning Crafty Vintage, to stage a weekend of entertainment in the grounds of Lowther Castle…

Picnic Cinema Evil Dead at Hamsterley

A new season of quirky outdoor cinema events

Picnic Cinema has carved out a national cult following for their ‘cinema parties’ over the past six years and are upping the ante with a season of seriously offbeat films for 2018…

Picnic Cinema - Withnail & I - Contrary Life

Contrary Life takes a trip to Uncle Monty’s

Picnic Cinema were showing cult film, Withnail & I, at Sleddale Hall. In the mood for a quirky camping trip, Contrary Life went along to chill out in the Cumbrian countryside…

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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Fakes, forgeries and misinformation at Royal Society Late
Dragon Fish - The Royal Society Lates in March

Next month, the Royal Society’s Late event mixes tomfoolery with science as it tackles fake news and hoaxes…

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