Culture

George Lamb to leave BBC 6 Music

Sony Award Winning DJ George Lamb and co presenter Marc Hughes have taken the decision to move on from BBC 6 Music.

Covent Garden to host special opera performance

On Wednesday 12th May 2010, enjoy The Lovely Ladies, a delightful new one-act opera, proudly sponsored by Covent Garden London, the capital’s home of performing arts.

Dates announced for Winchester Hat Fair

Hat Fair, Winchester, the UK’s longest running and most exciting Street Theatre Festival, has announced the dates for this year’s 36th festival – Thursday 1 July to Sunday 4 July 2010.

Over half of British adults still enjoy 80s' culture

From food to fashion, the 1980s still influences more than 50% of British adults according to a new study by M&S Money, commissioned to mark the company's 25th anniversary.

Noah’s Ark discovery as Durham prepares to tell the tale

As a team of evangelical Christians say they've discovered Noah's Ark near the peak of Mount Ararat, festival organisers for the forthcoming Durham Mysteries are watching the story with keen interest.

mifiction launches interactive novels

Interactive fiction books are now available on mobile phones as new technology transforms the traditional novel into a contemporary format. Mobile books or ‘moooks’ are designed for instant viewing across a wide range of mobile networks worldwide, with first service availability in the UK.

Covent Garden invites aspiring Rankins to make history

Whether it is a quick iPhone snap of ballerinas rushing to their rehearsals at the Royal Opera House or an image of a street performer standing with a chainsaw on his head (yes, we have one of those!) or you shopping with a friend, Covent Garden is inviting regular snappers, aspiring Rankins and Vogue-posing, Sartorialist-inspired grannies to submit their photographic memoires of the area to celebrate the 180th Anniversary of the Market Building and go down in history forever.

Art and gardening collide at RHS Show Tatton Park

An exciting collision of artistic vision and accomplished garden manipulation is due to take place at the RHS Show Tatton Park (21-25 July) as Tony Heywood confirms his appearance at the prestigious high summer event.

Butlins searches for the next Emin or Hirst

Today Butlins launches its search for the artists of the future with the first ever Toddler Art Prize, a prestigious competition with a prize fund totalling £10,000, that aims to find Britain’s leading contemporary artists aged four and under.

Australian Ballet returns to Qualia

The Australian Ballet is to return to qualia, the luxury Great Barrier Reef resort on Hamilton Island, for an intimate sunset performance entitled ‘Pas de Deux in Paradise’ featuring a celebrated cast of Principal Artists.

Monarch to sponsor Tatton Park concerts

Award winning travel group Monarch has announced with English Heritage, Tatton Park and IMG, that it will become the lead sponsor of the English Heritage and Tatton Park Picnic Concert Series’.

Book your place: Last Night of the Proms

Last Night of the Proms is going to be held this year on Saturday 11 September, 2010 at Royal Albert Hall London, UK. The Proms, more formally known as The BBC Proms, or The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington, London.