Whoever thought of staging an arts festival on the coast… in the north of England… in the middle of February? Well whoever it was… it turns out it wasn’t a half bad idea after all! A three-day event held at the seaside in Yorkshire, Coastival has welcomed many thousands of visitors to Scarborough during the…
When it’s spring in Snowdonia the focus in Wales turns to Wrexham as thousands of music lovers converge on north Wales’ largest town for the country’s annual celebration of new music. Bringing more than 200 live acts to the town, FOCUS Wales provides an annual international multi-venue showcase for the Welsh music industry. With the…
It promises to be a special Star Wars Day this year for anime and manga fans in Scotland, with the one-day cosplay convention Rai-Con returning to Glasgow on 4 May 2019. With a wide variety of interesting events including panels, tournaments, competitions, workshops, screenings and the “not-to-be-missed” Rai-Con After Party… organisers have packed in as…
On the first weekend of February Cardiff will become a blaze of pageantry as the Welsh hordes do battle with the likes of Zelda, Deadpool, Thor and Mystique to see who will be the first to get to the bar. A day after the Dragons take on Les Tricolores in Paris on the opening night…
From humble beginings almost two decades ago, “comic con” experts Showmasters have developed into one of the largest dream-fulfilling operations in the country, regularly bringing stars of the big and small screen to cities all over the UK to meet their adoring fans. “Back in 2002 there were just three of us working on this…
Members of the Enterprise will be beaming down to Birmingham’s NEC in October for Destination Star Trek 2019. The only official Star Trek event in Europe, DST features stars from more than 50 years of television space exploration, including the original series and the latest Discovery programmes, and all that came between. The event takes…
Among the guests at London Film Fair in February are three of Blofeld’s Angels of Death from the 1969 James Bond film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service… Helena Ronee, Catherine Schell and Indian actress Zaheera. The former angels join a host of movie glitterati that include Schell’s fellow cast members from Space 1999… John Standing,…
Award-winning drinks writers and comedy performers Ben McFarland and Tom Sandham have had a busy schedule since embarking on their bar crawl around the UK in October last year but after a break over the Christmas period they’re back on the road again later this month. As educational as it is entertaining, The Thinking Drinkers…
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…
