There are dozens of theme parks in the UK. One of the best is Alton Towers, a theme park and resort in Staffordshire, north of the village of Alton, approximately 16 (26 kilometres) east of Stoke-on-Trent. Alton Towers is housed on the grounds of a semi-ruined gothic revival country house that was o...
The World Pipe Band Championships, held every August in Glasgow, is highly competitive. Winning it is prestigious amongst pipe bands, and is a culmination of a year’s worth of preparation and rehearsal. This year, the championships will be held on Saturday 13th August in Glasgow Green. Pipe ba...
‘Blood Brothers’, the international hit smash musical, will return to Cork for three weeks, starting on the 2nd August at the Cork Opera House. The musical has been a hit throughout the UK for over twenty years. Produced by Bill Kenwright, it has consistently run to sold-out audiences in...
It is sometimes mistaken that the Edinburgh Festival is just one festival. It is instead a series of arts and cultural festivals that take place in Edinburgh in August every year. At any rate, the Edinburgh Festival in the largest cultural event in the world, reaching back to 1947, when the Edinburg...