Sunday 8 January 2017 would have been David Bowie’s 70th birthday. To mark the occasion Gary Oldman, a close friend of the singer, will be joined in London by former Bowie band members Mike Garson, Earl Slick, Adrian Belew, Mark Plati, Gerry Leonard, Gail Ann Dorsey, Sterling Campbell, Zachary Alford, Holly Palmer and Catherine Russell for … More Celebrating David Bowie
New Year resolutions – lose weight, get fit, drink less, etc….. At this time of year everyone is talking about New Year resolutions. Some have been using the phrase “New Year, New You”. But what makes a “new you” anyway? Possibly a slimmer, fitter you? New Year resolutions have been described as things you resolve you will … More New year, New You?
Wishing you a wonderful 2017 … More Happy New Year
Share your passion for investigation with a Murder Mystery Dinner Party This Murder Mystery Dinner Party is for 6 players To set the scene It has been a year since the mysterious death of Lady Maria. Sir Mortimer, her husband, has called the family together with a promise of a revelation. But it seems at least one person … More A New Years Revelation
Why do we eat turkey on Christmas Day? Approximately 10 million turkeys are eaten in the UK every year with 87 per cent of people choosing to serve traditional roast turkey at Christmas. Turkeys were first introduced to Britain from America over 500 years ago. Henry VIII was the first British King to enjoy turkey in the 16th … More Who’d be a turkey at Christmas?
https://youtu.be/ox_mhvwIV2I Festive songs and images courtesy of Youtube. Copyright retained by video producers. The first known Christmas hymns may be traced to fourth century Rome. In the ninth and tenth centuries, the Christmas “Sequence” or “Prose” was introduced in Northern European monasteries and in the twelfth century the Parisian monk Adam of St. Victor began … More History of Carols
Plot via Amazon: Fresh from her divorce, Jenny agrees to spend the holiday season in San Francisco with her ex-husband George getting to know their son’s new fiancée. Seeing George, as handsome and charming as ever, Jenny realizes that while he has moved on, she has not. It is at best a Christmas to be … More Meadow Taylor’s Christmas in……
Come and explore the National Portrait Gallery with a festive treasure hunt called The 12 Days of Christmas Treasure Hunt. Organised by Treasure Hunts in London, this adventure is based on Christmas carols. … More Festive Treasure Hunts
It’s a Wonderful Life Plot per Amazon: “Driving home for Christmas, Beth has everything she wants. The kids and the house, the career and the husband. So why is it that when the New Year comes, she can’t stop thinking about her old college boyfriend? Her husband Daniel is tasked with bringing a struggling school … More The new Christmas romance from Julia Williams
Don Daily’s The Twelve Days of Christmas Cats was first published in 1998. It transforms the traditional twelve days of Christmas poem into illustrations of cats. Each spread features one of twelve cats playfully ringing in the Christmas cheer.