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Shakespeare Country hosts festive activities

A multitude of events are to be hosted in Shakespeare County this holiday season, with Christmas lights, festive markets, traditional carols, candlelit tours, storytelling, craft fairs, cake decorating workshops, nativity shows, ghost stories and a […]

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TV faces star in stage revival

London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket is to stage James Goldman’s ‘The Lion in Winter’ from November. The production stars Joanna Lumley and Robert Lindsay, and will be directed by Trevor Nunn. The play is the story […]

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Christmas at Royal home

QueenVictoria’s favourite ‘tableaux vivants’ are to be on show over the Christmas season at Osborne House, the private home built for the queen on the Isle of Wight. In the 19th century, members of the […]

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Venomous spider on show

Recently found spider re-housed at butterfly farm One of the world’s most venomous spiders has been found and safely re-housed at the Stratford Butterfly Farm. Two weeks ago the spider was found in a warehouse […]

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Polar photography at Buckingham palace

The next exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace in London will mark the centenary of Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated journey to the South Pole. The exhibit, entitled The Heart of the Great […]

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Durham hosts light festival

Durham is to host a free festival of light and art from November 17-20. The Lumiere festival uses artworks made from light to transform the city’s landmarks, streets, river and bridges. This year’s festival will […]

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New arts centre for Essex

A major new centre for the visual arts opens in Colchester on September 25, the same day as it hosts its first exhibition. Firstsite, a new building designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects, will hold international […]