Visit Sicily in February and experience an island buzzing with energetic colourful events and activities. Carnival fever: The Carnival of Sciacca (7-12 February) is the most popular carnival in Sicily, well worth a visit for its huge Mardi Gras p…
The dates have been announced for this year’s Umhlanga – the famous Reed Dance in Swaziland. The Reed Dance is a traditional dance and ceremony over 8 days where up to 40 000 Swazi maidens gather and dance for the Queen Mother. It is one …
Over 25,000 tickets have gone on sale this weekend for the 10th Anniversary production of the multi-award winning sound and light show, The Enchanted Forest. Perthshire Big Tree Country’s premier event, this year entitled FLOW, will also re…
World's largest modern community textile on show at Ely Cathedral 2012 A captivating and colourful stitched tale of 350 years of social history is on display for the first time at Ely Cathedral from 31 January to 29 February 2012. Conceived…
As we prepare to welcome the world to London in 2012, we ask: how 'English' are our homes? The answer is perhaps surprising: many of the familiar objects in our homes today have either come from distant lands or been influenced by other cultures. At …
Dickens and London, a new exhibition exploring one of the world’s most influential authors, will open at the Museum of London on 9 December 2011. There has not been a major exhibition on Charles Dickens in the UK since 1970. Dickens and …
Every year the residents of the cute town of Roquemaure celebrate the arrival of Saint Valentine’s remains back in 1868. Valentine was a Christian priest in the 3rd century Rome who would advise young couples their future. Not having enough s…
The fabulous collection of movie star Elizabeth Taylor's jewellery, art, fashion and memorabilia goes on display at Christies in New York this weekend and culminates in an auction which is expected to raise millions of dollars, part of which will go …
Birmingham’s legendary Frankfurt Christmas Market is back in for the 11th year running! Set right in the heart of Birmingham city centre, the Frankfurt Christmas Market brings a wintry-wonderland of Christmassy gifts, goodies and surprises,…
The Lord Mayor’s Show is like no other procession in the world. It is 3 miles long and nearly 800 years old and its 6000 participants will spend months preparing floats for the amazement of hundreds of thousands of people who line the streets o…