Thursday, May 23, 2013
A new local attraction for the festive season this year will be lighting up Anglesey Abbey. Their famous winter gardens and walkways will be transformed into what can only be described at this time of year as a Winter Wonderland, with coloured lights dramatically accentuating the silver birches and other plants and trees found there. [...]
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It’s on! This weekend the Grantchester Fair WILL take place, after being postponed earlier in the year. A pretty bike ride along the river from Cambridge in what the weather men say will be glorious sunshine (fingers crossed), this country fair looks set to be a popular event. Dr Mary Archer will formally open the [...]
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There’s a bank holiday on the 7th of May! And hurrah for that – it’s the first of many in the next few weeks. But as with any Bank Holiday, it always helps – particularly if you have kids – to get something planned in advance, otherwise you get to about 1 o’clock, everyone’s tired [...]
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Ever wondered what it would be like to wander around a museum after the lights go out? Of course you have! In which case grab a torch, some kids, and perhaps a luminous bobble hat, and head for Twilight At The Museums this half term. Eight museums in and around Cambridge will once again be [...]
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Quick, send for the grandparents – it’s a half-term emergency! If you’re looking for ways to keep your kids entertained during their week’s school holiday (or before) check out some of these fantastic shows taking place in Cambridge this month… BOB THE BUILDER Bob The Builder must surely be Britain’s most optimistic and cheerily efficient [...]
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As Sir Cliff Richard so eloquently summed it up: “Christmas time – mistletoe and wine.” And what better encapsulates this magical time of year better than potentially poisonous tree parasites, and copious amounts of booze? Well, all right – there’s the present-buying, the carols, the anticipation on the faces of the tiny children, the rotund [...]
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The Moscow State Circus brings its latest & most spectacular show to date to Midsummer Common with this sensational extravaganza, Babushkin Sekret. Inspired by the legend of ‘The 12 chairs’, the new show takes us on an incredible journey in the company of, without a doubt the greatest circus performers on earth. A Mammoth cast [...]
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Scudamore’s and Visit Cambridge have teamed up once again to produce their popular Halloween Punting & Walking Ghost Tour, a 90 minute extravaganza which journeys deep into the heart of nocturnal Cambridge to transport you into a world of witches, restless spirits and macabre tragedies. The tour starts on the water, with an atmospheric lantern-lit [...]
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If all these iphones, blackberry smart phones, touch screen technology and flying cars are not your bag, then here’s your chance to retreat to the good old days and live in the past for a few days. Experience real life in an authentic 1940s atmosphere with free heavy horse and cart rides around the farm, [...]
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In recent years, the coveted position of Britain’s Favourite Pig – a title held previous by the likes of Babe, Miss Piggy, Pooh’s very close friend Piglet, and at separate times, both halves of the porcine double act Pinky and Perky – has been owned exclusively by a young female piglet with an infectious giggle [...]
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