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By: Kaye | May 22, 2012 – 6:31 am | No Comment

Ahead of the Golden Gate Bridge’s 75th birthday on May 27, San Francisco has never looked more golden writes Kaye Holland. Read her guide to the city with its head in the clouds, here

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Article Archive for 8 October 2010

Chester Rows: The Inside Story
By: | October 8, 2010 – 2:56 pm | No Comment
Chester Rows: The Inside Story

[ June 1, 2010 9:00 am to October 1, 2010 6:00 pm. ] Explore inside the Rows stores and help unravel their mysterious past. You will be taken to a part of the city that’s rich in hush-hush history and a tea shop where high tea is definitely on the menu!These tours will give you a much closer look at the city’s unique treasures than ever before [...]

Airport Strike Threat Lifted
By: The Editor | August 16, 2010 – 10:14 pm | No Comment
Airport Strike Threat Lifted

After talks today, Unite, the union involved has withdrawn its proposed strike action at the airports of BAA. Heathrow, Stanstead, Southampton, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen airports could have been affected by the strike which was likely to have taken place later this month.
A new pay offer has been recommended by the union and voting will take place over the next 3 weeks. If rejected by members the earliest a strike could now take place would be in September.

Going for a Holiday on the Gulf Coast?
By: The Editor | August 16, 2010 – 5:38 pm | No Comment
Going for a Holiday on the Gulf Coast?

If you believe the media why would you want to go on holiday to Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama or Florida? All the beaches are covered with oil, wildlife is dying and you can’t go swimming. You would be right in thinking that the sentence above is bunkum but what is the truth? We saw on TV with our own eyes the catastrophe as it evolved. The newspapers had page after page of appalling stories of how fishermen were losing their livelihoods and that it would take years before the coastline and the environment got back to normal.
What is the state of play?

Fossil Hunting in Lyme Regis
By: | August 2, 2010 – 4:03 pm | No Comment
Fossil Hunting in Lyme Regis

[ August 14, 2010 to August 22, 2010. ] Have a fun, informative trip finding your own fossils! Join us for a tour we leave every Sat, Sun, Mon, and Tues from the anchor near the millennium clock at the bottom of Broad Street, Lyme Regis. For walk times, directions, and more information. Runs until October 2nd

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St Endellion Summer Festival (Camelford)
By: | August 2, 2010 – 3:55 pm | No Comment
St Endellion Summer Festival (Camelford)

[ August 6, 2010 to August 16, 2010. ] Tel: 01208 850463

St. Roche Service on the Trundle (Chichester )
By: | August 2, 2010 – 3:53 pm | No Comment
St. Roche Service on the Trundle   (Chichester )

[ August 16, 2010; ] St. Roche Service on the Trundle at Weald & Downland Open Air Museum 01243 811348 www.wealddown.co.uk

Family tour: the Dead Zoo
By: | August 2, 2010 – 3:45 pm | No Comment
Family tour: the Dead Zoo

[ August 15, 2010 9:00 am to August 21, 2010 6:00 pm. ] Family tour: the Dead ZooFrom 31/7/2010 to 14/8/2010 Ever stood under a giraffe or looked a tiger in the eye?
Continues till August 21st

6th European Transplant & Dialysis Games
By: | August 2, 2010 – 3:45 pm | No Comment
6th European Transplant & Dialysis Games

[ August 13, 2010 9:00 am to August 20, 2010 6:00 pm. ] 6th European Transplant & Dialysis GamesFrom 8/8/2010 to 15/8/2010 The Irish Kidney Association is hosting the Games for the first time.

Arlo Guthrie in Concert
By: | August 2, 2010 – 3:45 pm | No Comment
Arlo Guthrie in Concert

[ August 16, 2010; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Arlo Guthrie in ConcertFrom 16/8/2010 to 16/8/2010 Arlo Guthrie is the son of the great American music icon Woody Guthrie. Arlo’s debut album Alice’s

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Public Tour: Prehistoric Ireland
By: | August 2, 2010 – 3:45 pm | No Comment
Public Tour: Prehistoric Ireland

[ August 9, 2010 9:00 am to August 22, 2010 6:00 pm. ] Public Tour: Prehistoric IrelandFrom 2/7/2010 to 30/8/2010 This tour takes a chronological look at Ireland’s earliest people from Mesolithic to late

PANTO SUMMER CAMP
By: | August 2, 2010 – 3:44 pm | No Comment
PANTO SUMMER CAMP

[ August 16, 2010 9:00 am to August 20, 2010 6:00 pm. ] PANTO SUMMER CAMPFrom 16/8/2010 to 20/8/2010 For the first year ever, the producers of The Helix Panto are running a Panto Camp for children aged 6 t

Openstagers 2010
By: | August 2, 2010 – 3:44 pm | No Comment
Openstagers 2010

[ August 9, 2010 9:00 am to August 20, 2010 6:00 pm. ] Openstagers 2010From 9/8/2010 to 20/8/2010 Please note: Children must be at least going into 1st year secondary school.This year’s progra

Northside Music Festival
By: | August 2, 2010 – 3:44 pm | No Comment
Northside Music Festival

[ August 16, 2010 9:00 am to August 20, 2010 6:00 pm. ] Northside Music FestivalFrom 2/8/2010 to 20/8/2010 Now in its 4th year, the Northside Music Festival is a range of free summer time musical events pr

Simply Music: Music Performance Workshops through Interactive Technology
By: | August 2, 2010 – 3:44 pm | No Comment
Simply Music: Music Performance Workshops through Interactive Technology

[ August 16, 2010 9:00 am to August 20, 2010 6:00 pm. ] Simply Music: Music Performance Workshops through Interactive TechnologyFrom 16/8/2010 to 20/8/2010 Simply Music is an innovative way of working with

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Songs for Joyce
By: | August 2, 2010 – 3:44 pm | No Comment
Songs for Joyce

[ August 16, 2010 9:00 am to August 21, 2010 6:00 pm. ] Songs for JoyceFrom 16/8/2010 to 21/8/2010 The Shannon Colleens bring their own particular earthy brand of harmonies to some of James Joyce’s best-lo

Vincent River
By: | August 2, 2010 – 3:44 pm | No Comment
Vincent River

[ August 10, 2010 9:00 am to August 21, 2010 6:00 pm. ] Vincent RiverFrom 10/8/2010 to 21/8/2010 Davey and Anita were always destined to meet.He’s a teenager who saw something he that he just c

Explore a Viking Chest
By: | August 2, 2010 – 3:43 pm | No Comment
Explore a Viking Chest

[ August 16, 2010 9:00 am to August 22, 2010 6:00 pm. ] Explore a Viking ChestFrom 3/8/2010 to 24/8/2010 What does a Viking keep in his chest?Come and explore the Viking handling collection for

Riverdance
By: | August 2, 2010 – 3:31 pm | No Comment
Riverdance

[ August 14, 2010 9:00 am to August 19, 2010 6:00 pm. ] RiverdanceFrom 23/6/2010 to 28/8/2010 Riverdance, now in its 15th phenomenal year of touring, returns to the Gaiety Theatre from 23rd June until 28th

Bondi Beach Boy Blue
By: | August 2, 2010 – 3:31 pm | No Comment
Bondi Beach Boy Blue

[ August 10, 2010 9:00 am to August 19, 2010 6:00 pm. ] Bondi Beach Boy BlueFrom 10/8/2010 to 4/9/2010 Venue: Wexford Opera House, Dublin 26th July 2010 – 7th AugustVenue: Tivoli Theatre, Dublin

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King Rat
By: | August 2, 2010 – 3:31 pm | No Comment
King Rat

[ August 16, 2010 9:00 am to August 22, 2010 6:00 pm. ] King RatFrom 9/7/2010 to 4/9/2010 A dark and menacing exhibition, originally inspired by all things Gothic, King Rat presents a series of artworks.

Children’s Summer Entertainment
By: | August 2, 2010 – 3:31 pm | No Comment
Children’s Summer Entertainment

[ August 16, 2010 9:00 am to August 22, 2010 6:00 pm. ] Children’s Summer EntertainmentFrom 22/7/2010 to 5/9/2010 Venue: Jervis Shopping CentreCome rain or shine this summer, at the Jervis Shopping Centre, Dublin

Muraqqa’
By: | August 2, 2010 – 3:25 pm | No Comment
Muraqqa’

[ August 9, 2010 9:00 am to August 20, 2010 6:00 pm. ] Muraqqa’From 25/6/2010 to 3/10/2010 Imperial Mughal Albums from the Chester Beatty Library

Summer Activities at the Farm
By: | June 16, 2010 – 2:57 pm | No Comment
Summer Activities at the Farm

[ August 13, 2010 12:00 pm to August 22, 2010 5:00 pm. ] Donkey grooming, make a scarecrow, farmyard collage, paint a picture and fun quiz. Meet newly born chicks and ducklings. 12pm – 5pm (last entry 4pm). Closed Mons except Bank Holiday. Normal admission charges apply. Visit www.tattonpark.org.uk

Out and Active
By: | May 11, 2010 – 10:08 am | No Comment
Out and Active

[ August 16, 2010 12:00 am to August 20, 2010 12:00 am. ] Burton Road, Rosliston, Swadlincote, Derbyshire Rosliston Forestry Centre

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Cromer Carnival
By: | May 11, 2010 – 9:45 am | No Comment
Cromer Carnival

[ August 14, 2010 to August 20, 2010. ] Cromer Carnival www.cromercarnival.co.uk