BRITAIN’S National Space Centre will mark its 25th birthday next week with the launch of an extraordinary new gallery experience […]
Former Strictly legends headline Fred Olsen’s first dance cruise
THEY’LL be tripping the light fantastic on a new dance cruise featuring former Strictly legends Arlene Phillips and Ian Waite […]
Jason Isbell & 400 Unit, Symphony Hall, Birmingham – review
NO gimmicks; no stage props; no backdrop; no special effects; no intro music … no mobile phones. Before Jason Isbell […]
Heavy metal monsters at British Ironwork Centre – review
THEY make strange bedfellows. Lizard-tongued Venom, The Joker and Darth Vader rub shoulders with Batman, a Doctor Who Dalek, a […]
Meeting Fredrik Backman, one of my all-time literary heroes
HAD a great day at the Hay Festival, the legendary literature and arts festival staged in Hay-on-Wye, where I got […]
Lewis Hamilton on pole for new M24 Le Mans autosport attraction
FORMULA One legend Lewis Hamilton has agreed to be the patron of the new M24 motorsport museum, opening later this […]
Murder and mayhem at journalism’s last stand in Edinburgh
TO BE FRANK by Kevin Christie (The Book Guild, £9.99) CARDS on the table. I’ve spent most of a lifetime […]
Count Dracula is alive and well – and stalking the streets of Derby
FANGS for the memories! Tourism chiefs in a city dubbed the ‘dead centre’ of England have got their teeth into […]
Excess All Areas – the 70 songs that have shaped Eurovision
WHICH Eurovision song sparked a real-life revolution? Who gave ABBA nul points? And which Song Contest star suffered a wardrobe […]
The retired hitman, the psychic gardener and the ghost orchid
THE RETIRED ASSASSIN’S GUIDE TO ORCHID HUNTING By Naomi Kuttner (Inkblot Publishing, £11.99) RATING: **** “HELLO, my name is Dante, […]
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