With three events in 2019, the London Gaming Market is the perfect place to meet Donkey Kong, Sonic, Space Invaders and Super Mario. A treasure chest of retro video games, it is the premier event of its kind to be held in the heart of the city and features a vast selection of board games…
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,…
The queen of detective fiction, Agatha Christie was a master of mystery creating characters who captivated the imagination of people all over the world… her books translated into more than 100 languages and selling more than 100 million copies. It was 43 years ago today that she passed away aged 85 at her home in…
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…
Consider yourself a bit of a geek? Then London Comic Mart is definitely the place for you. If you’re looking for rare comics or exciting new ones London Comic Mart, which takes place at the Royal National Hotel at Russell Square, offers a great day out for adults and children alike. Running for more than…
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…
