Category: 5. Entertainment

An exhibition about the author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland will tour six libraries in 2026.

The display features letters and other records from the personal life of the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who wrote under the pen name Lewis…

The National Lottery Heritage Fund joined forces with Ipswich Borough Council and Fusion Lifestyle in an attempt to save the lido about eight years ago.

It pledged £3.8m to the project in 2018 and a further £3m in 2023, while the local authority…

Speaking at the meeting, Conservative councillor Karen May warned if the measure was brought in it would “displace parking from car parks, where you have to pay, onto nearby lanes”.

Labour’s Richard Udall suggested the charges would “damage…

Dr Tim Pestell, a senior curator of archaeology for Norfolk Museums Service, said: “This find is a powerful reminder of Norfolk’s Iron Age past which, through the story of Boudica and the Iceni people, still retains its capacity to fascinate the…

“The fact that people put me forward, and the Hippodrome has been acknowledged in this way, it’s something that I’m really proud of,” he said.

Despite a location and date not being finalised for when the ceremony will be Gilchrist, who is also CEO…

Artists are being invited to pitch ideas for a public installation aimed at reducing battery fires in east London.

The East London Waste Authority (ELWA) wants the artwork to encourage Londoners to recycle small electricals and batteries at…

The ELWA said it wanted to commission a designer to create an “eye-catching installation”, which will tour the boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Newham and Redbridge in 2026 to highlight the issue.

Miraj Patel, chair of ELWA, said:…

For some reason, we have collectively agreed that new year is the time to reinvent ourselves. The problem, for many people, is that we’ve tried all the usual health kicks – running, yoga, meditation, the latest diets – even if we haven’t…

Henri Rousseau was extravagantly admired and lavishly condescended to, often by the same people at the same time. The poet Apollinaire, among his most enthusiastic champions, bundled each word of praise with a put-down, conceding that “he was…