Scallops for breakfast, lunch and dinner are on the menu for the eagerly anticipated annual scallop fest in Rye from 12th – 20th February 2011. The irresistible scallop is incorporated into all aspects of Rye restaurant and pub life during the nine day event. Special scallop-themed menus to delight fans of this delicious local delicacy [...]
With the recent snowfall across much of the UK, Edinburgh Zoo advised visitors via Twitter that the Zoo was closed but that they could still see their penguins via their penguin cam. This was ‘re-tweeted’ extensively – so much so that it became what is known as a trending topic on the social networking site. [...]
Coming in January to the Royal Albert Hall is one of the most spectacular shows on earth – Cirque du Soleil’s “Totem” – which charts a fantasy version of human evolution acrobatically. The world famous circus troop mix death defying acrobatics with aerial stunts and dance moves, charting a fantasy version of the founding myths [...]
The Eden Project, Cornwall’s biggest visitor attraction, welcomed its first visitors since the floods of 17th November 2010 this week, signalling that the county is well and truly open for business as usual. The St Austell based attraction was one of the worst hit businesses in the Mid Cornwall flooding but following round the clock recovery [...]
Glasgow Loves Christmas is the city’s festive campaign for 2010 – a private public partnership comprising Glasgow City Council, Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, Glasgow Life, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and major retailers on the style mile, including Buchanan Galleries, St. Enoch Centre, John Lewis, Frasers and Princes Square. The campaign promotes the style mile’s unrivalled [...]
Did you know, the first computer to be used in a business was built and operated in Kaevener House at Hammersmith Road in West London, although it wasn’t quite a desktop PC. The British LEO I (Lyons Electronic Office I) computer started operations in 1951 long a useful transistor was invented and well before the [...]
The weather might be causing a lot of travel chaos across parts of the country, but in Scotland the ski resorts are revelling in this snow, albeit rushing to get things up and running. The Aviemore resort in the Cairngorms received over two feet of snow in a couple of days. The rest of the [...]
There are many quite spectacular snow photos around, but one picture in the Daily Mail rather out-does all others (at least in my opinion). The shot taken over Stirling, shows the Scottish town’s castle making it look like something from a snow covered Middle Earth a la Lord of the Rings. The full sized picture [...]
With Christmas fast approaching you need to watch the pennies – but you still need to keep the kids entertained before the big day. Tourism South East has brought together a range of offers, many exclusive, providing great family fun across South East England. Here’s how to keep the costs down and the interest up [...]
Step into the Christmas court of King Henry II at Dover Castle between Monday 27th and Friday 31st December 2010 to experience a time of feasting, celebration and most of all a time for songs and spellbinding stories – medieval-style! Join costumed characters for stories of brave knights and heroic quests, of King Arthur and [...]
