Including fireworks displays in the city centres, Beaulieu, Cosham and Gosport South coasters, celebrate Guy Fawes night this year at one of the many events happening in the 'English Riviera'. In Southampton there’s a choice of displays at the Royal Victoria Country Park (Sat 7 Nov) or the Ageas Bowl (Fri 6 Nov). We’d probably recommend the latter, because (even though it’s probably not even cold in that part of the world) there’s also a bonfire to warm your southern souls, and Heart FM Read more [...]

The Home Office has refused to provide evidence as to why it named Kingston University on a shortlist of universities promoting extremism. David Cameron’s office listed the university as one of four that had given a platform to extremists last month – but Downing Street is yet to substantiate the claims. Faisal Hanjra, a trustee at Kingston Mosque, said: “It’s important that the debate surrounding extremism is evidence-based. “So if the Prime Minister and Read more [...]

The Home Office has refused to provide evidence as to why it named Kingston University on a shortlist of universities promoting extremism. David Cameron’s office listed the university as one of four that had given a platform to extremists last month – but Downing Street is yet to substantiate the claims. Faisal Hanjra, a trustee at Kingston Mosque, said: “It’s important that the debate surrounding extremism is evidence-based. “So if the Prime Minister and Read more [...]

In the 1920s, during London’s gradual recovery after the First World War, the city literally began to brighten up. Lighting became more prevalent as a feature of architectural design, while neon started to be used as an advertising tool. In 1923, the first electric billboards were installed at Piccadilly Circus. The London Transport Museum’s current Night Shift exhibition looks at the city after dark and how the travel network served both those who worked long into the night and those Read more [...]

Whether you’re an event organizer, plan corporate conferences, or set up networking gatherings on the side, it’s been shown that event planning is one of the most stressful jobs out there. In 2014, Forbes listed Event Coordinator as the fifth most-stressful job in America, next to Airline Pilot and Firefighter. Recent developments in event technology mean that planning professional events can actually be less stressful thanks to a suite of tools known as event management software. Today, subscription-based Read more [...]

The first round of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child tickets for June to September 2016 have sold out in hours.And not long after booking opened at 11am, tickets started popping up on resale websites, with some priced at more than £3,000.But according to the terms and conditions, these tickets may be void."We reserve the right to refuse admission to customers with tickets purchased on re-sale websites," the Cursed Child website says."Tickets purchased through either of our official ticketing Read more [...]

Think of Halloween food and it's usually pumpkins that come to mind. We've already shown you where to find them - and how to carve the perfect jack-o-lantern. But there's far more to Halloween cuisine than ghoulish gourds carved into monstrous masks. Birmingham has some fiendishly good food events on offer. Here's the details: Kings Heath Halloween Food Festival Food Birmingham is bringing us its very first Food Festival. This takes place in Kings Heath Village Square from noon to 8pm on Saturday, Read more [...]

Designer collaboration hits shops and online on November 5thSo-called 'fashion flippers' are already advertising clothes on eBayA jacket costing £299.99 is on pre-sale for £690Green dress modelled by Kendall Jenner is more than twice the retail price By Siofra Brennan For Mailonline Published: 11:33 GMT, 26 October 2015 | Updated: 13:41 GMT, 26 October 2015 79 Read more [...]

By Daniel Chubb - Oct 25, 2015The Aldi toy sale date has just been confirmed as October 29th, 2015. The news came directly from Aldi’s official store and on their Special Buy Events section, which skips information on Black Friday and opts to list the upcoming Thursday Toy Sale. You can take a look at what’s coming yourself at this Aldi page. As you can see, there’s a lot of wooden toys listed like the “Large Wooden Kitchen” and “Wooden Dolls House”, both with a price set at £29.99. Read more [...]

The chapel’s annual Halloween film night will mix cinema and music for suitable Halloween entertainment. On Friday (October 30), cult classic Escape from New York will be aired with the original score, composed by John Carpenter and Alan Howarth, set to be performed live and in full by Howarth alongside the film followed by a reworking of the score. The film stars Kurt Russell and was deemed by Carpenter as “too violent, too scary, too weird” to make. For tickets, head here. Read more [...]