You can buy fireworks online in the same way you can buy alcohol. You must be over 18 and someone over 18 must be present to take delivery of the items. However, there couldn’t be an easier way to stock up for Bonfire Night than having the pyrotechnics delivered to your door. Home and Garden [...]
The British Lions are playing in South Africa from 30th May to 4th July 2009. The team was announced this afternoon and you can read the full team list by clicking here. 40,000 fans will make their way to the Southern Hemisphere to watch the clash of some of the world’s best players. You can [...]
Tickets and hotel rooms are still available for this years’ John Smiths Grand Nationsl which runs from Thursday 2nd April – Saturday 4th April 2009. If you want to pop into the Queen Mother’s Stand to check out the runners over the infamous Becher’s Brook, have a gander at our ticketing and accommodation guide. Tickets [...]
All you need to celebrate St Patrick’s Day in style. St Patrick’s Day is the national celebration day of Ireland or Eire. It falls on 17th March every year and this year it falls on a Tuesday. There is even more to celebrate this year with the triumph of the Irish rugby team over Scotland [...]
Today was definitely a chocolate day. I made an emergency trip to the co-op and weighed up my options. Chocolate seems to have shot up in price over the last few months – a sad symptom of the recession for many chocoholics like myself. The Mars bars were on offer but it only worked out [...]
There’s just under one month until Mothering Sunday in the UK, so if you’re planning a special day out for Mum, now’s the time to start thinking about arrangements. Mothering Sunday is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent to remember the Mother Church. Servants used to be allowed home for this day to honour [...]
Fairtrade Fortnight is the Fairtrade Foundation’s annual campaign call to people in the UK to promote awareness of Fairtrade and buy products carrying the FAIRTRADE Mark. In 2009 it will take place from 23 February – 8 March.
This year’s activities will commence on the 19 February with a top-level conference at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in Westminster.
Many people leave it until the last minute to buy presents – especially Valentine’s Day gifts. Here are a list of online retailers’ last delivery dates so you can conveniently order a romantic gift up until the last moment. You don’t even have to leave your desk: Interflora last delivery date is Saturday 14th February [...]
Eddie Izzard tickets go on sale today at 10am for his worldwide tour “Stripped”. He takes in a history of nearly everything whilst also appearing in the recently released Valkyrie with Tom Cruise. He is a self-confessed Wikipedia nut who aims to teach as well as make people laugh.The tickets are available through Ticketmaster – [...]
Remember, remember, the fifth of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot I see no reason, why gunpowder treason, Should ever be forgot That’s the rhyme which underpins the annual commemorations of Guy Fawkes’ failed attempt to blow up the houses of Parliament and King James I in 1605. Thankfully, it happened in a cold month, giving [...]
