Entertainment

Get your garden summer-ready

The garden is set to be the number one entertaining space at home this summer with research by Grant’s Whisky showing a 115% increase in the amount of social gatherings that homeowners are planning to hold in their gardens this year – and with the hottest summer of the decade predicted, it’s worth ensuring that your garden is somewhere your friends would want to relax. Better still, it needn’t cost a fortune.

Find your spirit and discover your cocktail palate

Are you looking at cocktail menus not knowing what to choose? Or do you simply order an old favourite? The mixologists at The Living Room Edinburgh want to help you discover your cocktail palate with a cocktail masterclass with a difference: ‘Discover your palate’ allows guests to create their own cocktails or make subtle changes to old favourites, making them even more delicious.

Geri pays homage to Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse has invited some of the biggest names in fashion and showbiz to celebrate Mickey’s Magical Party at Disneyland Resort Paris by creating bespoke My Mickey Ears.

Stratford to host unique ‘ghost festival’

Fright Nights, the UK’s leading ghost hunting specialist, is to host the first ever ghost festival in the historic town of Stratford-upon-Avon. The ‘Stratford-upon-Avon Ghost Festival’ will take place from 18 – 21 June at a number of haunted locations including the notoriously haunted ‘The Falstaff’s Experience’, The White Swan Hotel and the Stratford-upon-Avon Town Hall.

Fleet Foxes nominated for MOJO honours

MOJO Magazine announced today the nominations for The 2009 MOJO Honours List as voted for by readers of the magazine online at mojo4music.com.

The Boss to play Hyde Park gig

Hard Rock International confirmed today that fans will have one last chance to see Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band live at Hard Rock Calling 2009.

Technology is good for family relations says report

New research released today reveals that on average, UK households now have 2.4 TVs, 1.6 home computers, 2.4 games consoles, 3 mobile phones and 2.2 MP3 players; and 40% of parents say internet subscriptions, mobile phone bills and one-off gadget purchases now account for 10% of their total annual household income.

Universal launches next phase of Rolling Stones reissues

Following the release of the first batch of re-mastered, post 1971 studio albums by The Rolling Stones, Universal Music Group have confirmed details of the second instalment in this trilogy of reissued albums.

Starsailor to headline Hard Rock Calling

Hard Rock International announced today that the critically acclaimed British band Starsailor will perform exclusive and intimate concerts at select Hard Rock Cafes in the U.S., leading up to Hard Rock Calling 2009 in London’s Hyde Park, one of the U.K.’s most anticipated concert festivals.

Kids get cooking for world record attempt

Students from three UK secondary schools - Bottisham Village College, Cambridge, Littleover Community School, Derby and St Anselms College, Birkenhead, are set to join Celebrity MasterChef winner and ex-Atomic Kitten, Liz McClarnon, in an exciting Guinness World Record attempt this Friday (1st May).

Spring offers for Covent Garden visitors

For the first time ever, Covent Garden has collaborated with a host of independent and high street retailers in the area to launch The Covent Garden Spring Shopping Weekends, taking place in the Market Building and world famous Piazza, during the bank holidays this May (2nd -4th May & 23rd -25th May).