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Kiplingcotes Finishing Post - Ian Lavender - geograph.org.uk

Gee up for England’s oldest and oddest horse race

England’s oldest (and perhaps oddest) horse race, the Kiplingcotes Derby, will be taking place this week in Yorkshire…

Settle Stories - World Storytelling Day

Unique storytellers from across the globe stream into Settle

Join Settle Stories as they celebrate World Storytelling Day with tales live streamed from around the globe…

Olney Pancake Race, Shrove Tuesday, Olney Buckinghamshire

Skip, flip and hurl this Pancake Day

From old local customs to wacky races, there are quirky events taking place all over the UK on Pancake Day. Contrary Life brings you a selection of our favourite events…

Storytelling Takeover Leeds 2019

Stories take over Leeds

International storytellers will be heading to Leeds this month, bringing the ancient artform of storytelling to modern audiences…

Canal at Slaithwaite - geograph.org.uk - Stanley Walker

Slaithwaite’s legendary smuggling festival

This month, the sleepy village of Slaithwaite in West Yorkshire will be celebrating a local legend with a festival of storytelling, music, and arts and crafts…

Wakefield Rhubarb Festival 2018

Wakefield’s rhubarb festival

Wakefield’s annual culinary festival of all things rhubarb takes places this month featuring the usual mix of foodie entertainment but with a rhubarb-themed twist…

THE ISLE OF BRIMSKER - JMA PHOTOGRAPHY

Multi-sensory show tours the UK

A multi-sensory, immersive theatre show, for audiences with profound and multiple learning disabilities, will be visiting towns and cities across the UK…

Jorvik Viking Festival - Photo: York Archaeological Trust

Best beard competitions, spectacular battles and forgotten stories of Viking women

JORVIK Viking Festival will feature forgotten stories of Viking women, a battle spectacular, a Viking encampment, Strongest Viking and Best Beard competitions, mead tasting, a Viking banquet and Poo Day…

Good Dog by Arinzé Kene

A fearlessly told story of growing up in a multi-cultural community

Tara Finney Productions and tiata fahodzi present good dog by Arinzé Kene, retelling the stories of multiple characters, families and years…

The Human Aquarium, exhibition Leeds - Photo: Tom Martin

A Human Aquarium in Leeds

The Human Aquarium is a new exhibition opening on Friday 15th February in Leeds, looking at the world through the eyes of sea mammals…

runforit - Hair of the Dog Jog 2019 - Sheffield

A Hair of the Dog Jog in Sheffield with beer and cake

Why not get 2019 off to a good/bad start, by putting some of those new year resolutions to one side and joining the annual Sheffield Hair of the Dog Jog on Saturday 12th January…

Curiosity of the Week - Bedale Medicinal Leech House - North Yorkshire

Bedale Medicinal Leech House

Our latest Curiosity of the Week is an unusual little building that looks like a castellated folly from the outside, but was actually built to store leeches…

Fishermen & Firemen's Comic Football Match 2016 - Scarborough

Scarborough don their top hats for unusual Boxing Day match

Said to be Scarborough’s oldest surviving custom, the Fishermen & Firemen’s Charity Football Match takes place on Boxing Day at South Bay Beach…

Peter Pan Christmas Day Race (Photo: Serpentine Swimming Club)

Seasonal swims and daring dips for the hardy this Christmas

Contrary Life delights in bringing you our annual round-up of the festive swims and dips taking place across the UK this year…

Whitby Krampus Run 2018 - photo by Cassandra Sutton

Krampus visits Whitby for an alternative Christmas event

As Father Christmas makes his annual visit to towns across the UK for the festive season, there’s another, much darker character making his way to Whitby in North Yorkshire…

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Curiosity of the Week

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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