[ May 31, 2011; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Bealtaine Festival 2011From 1/5/2011 to 31/5/2011 Bealtaine, Ireland’s unique festival celebrating creativity in older age, will start 1st May, runni

[ May 15, 2011; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Absolut Gay Theatre Festival Dublin 2011From 2/5/2011 to 15/5/2011 Temple Bar welcomes the world’s greatest gay theatre festival. The ABS

[ May 15, 2011; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Skerries Traditional Music WeekendFrom 13/5/2011 to 15/5/2011 The Skerries Traditional Music Weekend is now a recognised cultural event which has gon

[ May 22, 2011; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Dublin Toy and Train FairFrom 22/5/2011 to 22/5/2011 The Dublin Toy and Train Fair will this year celebrate 12 years in operation, attracting collect

[ May 15, 2011; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival 2011From 2/5/2011 to 15/5/2011 The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival is an annual event, celebratin

[ June 12, 2011; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Taste of DublinFrom 9/6/2011 to 12/6/2011 Taste of Dublin, the capital’s premier outdoor food and drink festival, will return this year to the ornate

[ June 6, 2011; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Flora’s Women’s Mini MarathonFrom 6/6/2011 to 6/6/2011 The Flora Women’s Mini Marathon is the biggest all women’s event of its kind in the world.

[ June 2, 2011; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Bloom in the Park 2011From 2/6/2011 to 2/6/2011 Bloom is a wonderful outdoor spectacle with so much to do and see. Most visitors to the show spend ho

[ June 5, 2011; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Dublin Writer’s Festival 2011From 31/5/2011 to 5/6/2011 Venues: The National Concert Hall, Project Arts Centre, Abbey Theatre The D

[ September 4, 2011; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Leopardstown Irish Champion StakesFrom 4/9/2011 to 4/9/2011 The Irish Champion Steak is one of the highlights of the European Racing Calender won in

[ June 19, 2011; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] AIB Street Performance World ChampionshipFrom 16/6/2011 to 19/6/2011 FAMILY FUN, UNIMAGINABLE TRICKS, UNTHINKABLE FEATS, UNBELIEVABLE HILARITY … &a

[ June 19, 2011; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Bloomsday Festival 2011From 16/6/2011 to 19/6/2011 June 16th is BLOOMSDAY, the day in 1904 on which all the action of James Joyce’s novel Ulysses tak

[ July 10, 2011; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2011From 7/7/2011 to 10/7/2011 The officers of the 4 combined clubs of Dun Laoghaire are delighted to announce that the Dun Lao

[ September 3, 2011; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] The Liffey Swim 2011From 3/9/2011 to 3/9/2011 Once again swimmers are challenged with the competition and excitement of swimming throughout the heart

[ September 25, 2011; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] ABSOLUT Fringe FestivalFrom 10/9/2011 to 25/9/2011 A barge, a bush, a French diva chocolate cake, gorillas, snakes, a show in a supermarket, contorti

[ September 30, 2011; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Summer in DublinFrom 1/7/2011 to 30/9/2011 A series of free enents presented by dublin City Council for families, young people, those who live and wo

[ October 9, 2011; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Open HouseFrom 6/10/2011 to 9/10/2011 Ireland’s largest architectural event Open House dublin returns with a special focus on ‘Dublin’s Architecture

[ September 11, 2011; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Dublin Toy and Train FairFrom 11/9/2011 to 11/9/2011 The Dublin Toy and Train Fair will this year celebrate 12 years in operation, attracting collect

[ September 23, 2011; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Culture NightFrom 23/9/2011 to 23/9/2011 Come and enjoy a late FREE night of culture for all the family! For one night only the city’s mu

[ November 13, 2011; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Dublin Toy and Train FairFrom 13/11/2011 to 13/11/2011 The Dublin Toy and Train Fair will this year celebrate 12 years in operation, attracting colle

[ October 16, 2011; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival 2011From 29/9/2011 to 16/10/2011 Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival which will run from 29th Sept – 16th Oct 201

[ October 31, 2011; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Hallowfest 2011 – A Magical CelebrationFrom 25/10/2011 to 31/10/2011 It’s Hallowfest! It’s time for tricks, treats and lots a spooky fun!

[ October 31, 2011; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] The Children’s Book Festival 2011From 1/10/2011 to 31/10/2011 Now in its twentyfirst consecutive year, the national Children’s Book Festival has esta

[ August 27, 2011 7:00 pm to November 2, 2011 7:00 pm. ] FILM CLUB: QUEBEC FILM, TBCFrom 2/11/2010 to 2/11/2011 Do you love film? Do you love all kinds of film and would relish the opportunity to talk about

Great Malvern is a mixture of stone and Victorian buildings. Most of it is grand and obvious, Subtlety and modesty were not features when Great Malvern was at its zenith. Fashionable from Victorian times until, perhaps the second world war, Malvern is probably best known for the water that’s bottled there and the fact that the Queen takes it with her wherever she travels.
So is it worth stopping off and spending a day there?

As one goes off another returns.
Last week, in Brasilia, UNESCO met to approve a new list of additions to its World Heritage Register. There were lots of additions and announcements and we’ll have a fuller review after the meeting is over on Tuesday.. There are two announcements though, about places that nearly everyone will know.
Sad to relate that the Florida Everglades have returned to being listed as endangered on the UNESCO list of heritage sites in danger. In addition the tropical forests of Madagascar have been added as well. But the Galapagos Islands and Machu Picchu have been taken off as UNESCO views the efforts by Ecuador and Peru to safeguard them as succeeding.

[ August 2, 2010; 10:30 am to 4:30 pm. ]
Therfield Heath, near Royston, Hertfordshire
Adults, £1, children free

[ August 2, 2010; 12:00 am; ] AMF Bowling, Holwell Road/Oslo Road, Sutton Fields Industrial Estate, Hull