T he new Harry Potter Return to Hogwarts trailer for the upcoming 20th anniversary TV special has left fans spellbound, and some a little sad, as it sees the cast of the iconic film franchise reunited again. The scheduled release of the TV special on New Year’s Day is likelyContinue Reading
Staff from St Margaret’s Hospice Care’s shops have transformed their window displays into festive wonderlands to celebrate Christmas. Busy elves from the hospice’s 31 shops have been hard at work over the past few weeks adorning their shop windows with twinkling lights, Christmas trees, baubles, tinsel and festive creatures toContinue Reading
Amateur Photographer magazine runs an annual competition to find the “Amateur Photographer of the Year”. The competition is run over 10 months, each month a different theme is set. Each round is professionally judged and all those who are shortlisted earn points, as do those who make the top 10.Continue Reading
The latest series of Strictly Come Dancing will come to an end on Saturday, but it has been an eventful year with injuries, positive Covid tests and self-isolation periods among the contestants and judges. Here is a look at all celebrities and judges who had to permanently or temporarily pullContinue Reading
During December, Holbeton will be displaying a festive Living Advent Calendar. If you’re not sure what this is, it’s a larger than life Advent calendar that is out in the streets of Holbeton and Ford, for everyone to enjoy.Each evening during Advent, a different house (due to popularity there isContinue Reading
The former artistic director of the National Theatre said venues were closing as actors and other staff were coming down with Covid, while bookings have “fallen off a cliff”. He told BBC Newsnight: “We are in crisis mode at the moment. “We now surely don’t want to get into aContinue Reading
The West End production of Hamilton has announced it is cancelling its Wednesday evening performance due to an outbreak of coronavirus. This comes as several productions have shut temporarily due to rising case numbers and the spread of the Omicron variant. The Hamilton musical at the Victoria Palace Theatre, LondonContinue Reading
Review at a glance R achel Jones was one of the youngest artists in Mixing It Up, this autumn’s huge painting survey at the Hayward Gallery. The 30-year-old Essex-based artist also has a Chisenhale Gallery show coming around the corner and, ahead of that, this exhibition, SMIIILLLLEEEE, in one ofContinue Reading
Neroche Woodlanders today announced a new Climate-Aware Volunteering programme, open to anyone living around Taunton, Wellington and the Blackdown Hills. A series of free, short introductory session starts in January 2022, to welcome new volunteers into the woods, while at the same time helping them learn more about climate andContinue Reading
Rapper Snoop Dogg and Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Helen Hoehne announced the nominations on Monday afternoon. Cumberbatch was nominated for best actor in a drama film for his role in The Power of the Dog. He faces competition from Mahershala Ali (Swan Song), Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos), WillContinue Reading
