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American Museum & Gardens, Hall and Gaines

A presidential garden hidden in the UK

Here we are again, with another slightly topical Curiosity of the Week. As we’ve been gripped by the US Elections, we decided to focus on an unusual link between the UK and USA for our latest curiosity.

Vicars' Close image by Amber Maxwell Boydell/Unsplash

A little Somerset street with a big claim

For our latest Curiosity of the Week, we take you to the cathedral city of Wells in Somerset. Come with us to Vicars’ Close…

Lyth Valley Wassail and Mummers Play - Contrary Life

Old Twelfth Night is the time to go wassailing

On the old Twelfth Night (17th January) a traditional ceremony known as a wassail takes place in villages and orchards across England…

St Albans Mummers Play - Boxing Day 2017 - Photo: Michael Maggs

Watch a quirky play in a pub on Boxing Day

On Boxing Day, across the country, bands of merry men and women will be performing a traditional and rather quirky Christmas play…

Fred Hampton archive photos

The true story of a revolutionary leader

Fringe First winners, Bear Trap Theatre, will bring the gripping true story of a revolutionary leader to the stage this autumn…

Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival 2016 - Photo: Timeless ImagesBridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival 2016 - Photo: Timeless Images

Bridgwater has an illuminated carnival parade like no other

Bridgwater’s carnival celebrates the failed exploits of Guy Fawkes in its own unique way, with a large illuminated parade, a host of masqueraders and some fiery ‘squibbing’…

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…

Red Bull Cut It Lawn Mower Race 2019

Can you cut it at Somerset’s lawn mower challenge?

This weekend, swap mowing the lawn with something a little more exciting, as Red Bull’s Cut It arrives in Cheddar, Somerset…

Lyth Valley Wassail and Mummers Play - Contrary Life

Cider, singing, dancing and lots of noise… it’s time to go wassailing

On the old Twelfth Night (17th January) a traditional ceremony known as a wassail takes place in villages and orchards across England…

Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival 2016 - Photo: Timeless ImagesBridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival 2016 - Photo: Timeless Images

Bridgwater’s unique illuminated parade and fireworks

This year’s Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival will take place on Saturday 3rd November in Somerset, with a large illuminated parade…

Antic Disposition Henry V - Nathan Hamilton as Henry V – Photo Scott Rylander

Antic Disposition’s reimagining of Henry V tours historic cathedrals

Antic Disposition’s critically-acclaimed production of Henry V returns to English cathedrals this autumn; marking the centenary of the end of the First World War…

World Wellington Boot Throwing Championship 2017 - Somerset - Cameron Enticott

Wellington host their tenth boot throwing championship

The tenth World Wellington Boot Throwing Championship will take place on Saturday 8th September, at Court Fields School in Wellington, Somerset…

World Paper Aeroplane Championship 2016 - Wacky Nation

Paper plane championship takes off in Somerset

The World Paper Aeroplane Championship will take place over the bank holiday weekend in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset…

Red Bull Cut It Lawn Mower Racing Somerset 2018

Lawn mower racing in Somerset

This weekend, swap mowing the lawn with something a little more exciting, as Red Bull’s Cut It arrives in Cheddar, Somerset…

St Albans Mummers Play - Boxing Day 2017 - Photo: Michael Maggs

And for something completely different this Boxing Day

Why not venture out to the local pub this Boxing Day and watch a band of merry men and women perform a traditional Christmas play, known as a Mummers Play…

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Curiosity of the Week

Take a ride through history at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Blackpool Pleasure Beach sign

For our latest Curiosity of the Week, we thought we’d bring you a bit of cheery escapism in the form of fairground rides!

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Discover nocturnal wildlife wonders at Virtual Dark Skies Festival
Dalby Forest North York Moors Dark Skies cSteve Bell

This year’s Dark Skies Festival is going virtual to help you explore space, nocturnal wildlife and the night sky…

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