What do you get if you cross a professional make-up artist, specialising in prosthetics, with a locations manager on productions such as the Harry Potter films and TV series Byker Grove? Answer, Britain’s hairiest culinary conquistadors… Dave Myers and Si King, aka the Hairy Bikers. Big hearted, down-to-earth cooks with a love of good food,…
On Wednesday next week Bristol gets nostalgic for a bit of slapstick, with a five-day showcase of silent movies. Dating back to 2005, the annual Slapstick Festival brings audiences an opportunity to see some extraordinary films in unique circumstances. The festival showcases and celebrates archive film predominately from the silent era (1895-1930), accompanied by live…
It’s a pretty safe bet that most people, even many Australians, can count the number of male actors from the world’s smallest continent who have made it big in Hollywood on two hands. So it’d come as no surprise that on the 89th anniversary of his birth not many people are talking about one of…
Stigmatophiles from all corners of the UK will converge on Brighton next month when 300 of the world’s top tattooists will be giving it the needle for the 12th year in a row. From its humble beginnings at Brighton Race Course in 2007, the Brighton Tattoo Convention has grown year on year into a major…
The medieval British city of Norwich plays host to the Great British Beer Festival Winter for its third and final year next month. Having hosted the winter festival from 2017, it will move on to a different CAMRA location in 2020. Taking place from 19-23 February at The Halls, the festival will include a vast…
The first race-day of the year gets under starter’s orders at Newbury Racecourse a week today with a six-race card over the fences. Gates open on Wednesday, 16 January, at 11am, with the first race off at 1.10pm. An exciting card features the Betfred Mobile Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase won last year by subsequent Grade…
Serving more than 400 cask ales, ciders, perries, bottled world beers, craft keg beers and meads, Derby Winter Ale Festival 2019 is an ale enthusiasts heaven. Organised by Derby CAMRA, the event takes place from 20-23 February at the stunning Roundhouse at Derby College, near Pride Park. Celebrating its 15th year, there will be a…
The Salisbury branch of CAMRA is holding its 22nd annual Winterfest on 25-26 January 2019, featuring 24 real ales and three ciders. The event takes place at the Royal British Legion Club in Endless Street, with tickets priced at £6, including a glass and souvenir programme. Card-carrying CAMRA members get a free half pint. There’s…
If you’re the ‘King of Rock and Roll’ you’re bound to have inspired a few people with your music, but to shape-shifting British rock icon David Bowie, Elvis Presley meant a whole lot more. The pair were both Capricorns, born 12 years apart on 8 January. If they were still with us Bowie would be…
It’s a far cry from Graceland but the 84th anniversary of his birth is as good a time as any to get the first mention of the year in about the Porthcawl Elvis Festival, which descends on the South Wales seaside resort every September for a weekend of tributes to the “King of Rock and…
