Golden egg lights up Kiruna

What an egg-stremely interesting idea… creating a giant golden egg as the symbol of the transformation of a town on the move to escape the threat of destruction. The golden ovoid is a sauna, Solar Egg, created by Swedish “co-operative economic association” Riksbyggen and artistic duo Mats Birgert and Lars Bergstrom and installed in Sweden’s…

Truman show for Craft Beer Rising

Craft Beer Rising returns to The Old Truman Brewery next month… and it’s promising to be even beerier and cheerier than before! With more breweries and live music than ever, greater variety of street food in the new Foxes Den, more seating, a new beer hall layout, plus cider producers, live talks and much more……

Pub 19 coming to Olympia

An opportunity to celebrate the UK pub industry’s innovations, trends, products, services and people… Pub 19 brings key trade associations, business leaders, decision makers, pub owners, entrepreneurs and pub companies together to offer advice and solutions to those in the UK pub industry. It all takes place from 5-6 February at London’s Olympia, where the…

March date for Comic Con Liverpool

It could be the largest gathering of Power Ranger ‘guests’ ever assembled in the UK… and it’s coming to Comic Con Liverpool in March this year. Taking place from 8-10 March, the event promises to assemble no fewer than 12 Power Rangers in the Exhibition Centre, plus two baddies from the franchise. The mighty morphin’…

Animangapop to drop in Plymouth

The south-west’s biggest and best anime and manga event returns to Plymouth in February for the sixth year… but now it’s staying for two days. Taking place at the city’s Future Inn from 9-10 February, Animangapop promises to be a non-stop action-packed weekend filled to the brim with exciting new things to see, do, experience,…

The Greatest: Muhammad Ali

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, simply the greatest… known as Ali. Former world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali would have turned 77 today… but just under 30 months since he passed away on 3 June 2016 it’s not his skill in the ring that’s so greatly missed… it’s all the other qualities…

Catwoman: Eartha Kitt

It’s weird how dressing a woman in stretch black lame can elevate her to a whole new dimension. Eartha Kitt was already a highly successful singer and acclaimed actress when she took over the role of Catwoman from Julie Newmar for the third series of the 1960s TV series Batman, starring Adam West and Burt…

Burj Khalifa: World’s Tallest Building

The world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, celebrates the 10th anniversary of its topping out ceremony today, just over nine years since it first opened to the public on 4 January 2010. Soaring over the city at an impressive 828 metres, the towering structure is a marvel of not only engineering but also…

HRH Metal a Chic affair

From one revolutionary residential festival in a multi-purpose holiday camp a little over a decade ago, Chic Festivals has grown to become a powerhouse on the European stage… and this year will be bringing 16 events to locations around the UK and one on the road in Spain. It all started with Hard Rock Hell…

The scoop from Incider

There’s a new kid on the block in Weston-super-Mare and it’s what you get when you mix equal parts cider and music. Taking place from 1-3 February 2019 at Pontins Sand Bay holiday park in Somerset, Incider Festival is being organised for the first time by the Fuelled by Cider team, who also run the…