Guy Fawkes
November 5, 2018
Haunted House Trail
October 30, 2018
Halloween-themed haunted houses first emerged during the Great Depression as ways to distract young tricksters. Groups of families would deck out their basements with home made scary decorations. Then they would hold “house-to-house” parties, where the children would travel from basement to basement, experiencing different scary scenes. Trails Of Terror A 1937 party pamphlet is quoted in Lisa… More Haunted House Trail
Scary history
October 23, 2018
Not a big attraction in the UK (yet), there are over 1,200 professional haunted houses, 3,000 charity-run spookshows and 300 theme parks that operate horror-themed events in the United States. Creating scares is not a recent phenomenon – but in the past it was used for different purposes. The ancient Egyptians used scares to keep body… More Scary history
Science Gallery London
October 16, 2018
Science Gallery London is a cultural destination designed to connect art, science and health in one space. This new “museum” is at the Guy’s campus of King’s College London at London Bridge and is free to enter. As well as the exhibitions, there is a shop and a cafe. We stumbled across it as we were leaving London… More Science Gallery London
Visiting The Globe Theatre
October 9, 2018
All the World’s a Stage “Shakespeare’s Globe is a faithful reconstruction of the open-air playhouse designed in 1599 and a unique international resource dedicated to the exploration of Shakespeare’s work and the playhouse for which he wrote.” The centre of the theatre, and standing space in front of the stage, is open to the sky. The… More Visiting The Globe Theatre
Eyam
October 5, 2018
Eyam by Matt Hartley Matt Hartley’s new play Eyam, directed by Adele Thomas, opened in The Globe from Saturday 15 September to 13th October 2018. It tells the story of what happened when the plague arrived in the Derbyshire village of Eyam in 1665. The community faced a moral dilemma. They had to decide whether to flee… More Eyam
Frietmuseum
October 2, 2018
Want to discover the history of the potato and fries? Then you need to visit the Frietmuseum in Bruges! This museum is devoted to the history of potatoes and the production of Belgian fries. It describes itself as “the first and only museum dedicated to potato fries”. Potatoes originated in Peru more than 10,000 years… More Frietmuseum
Fossil hunting at Kimmeridge Bay.
September 10, 2018
The Jurassic Coast The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site on the English coast that stretches from Exmouth in East Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset. You may not have heard of Kimmeridge in Dorset. I know I hadn’t until a group of us went there in search of fossils. Kimmeridge is a small… More Fossil hunting at Kimmeridge Bay.
On a hunt for modern art around Bruges
September 2, 2018
This summer we visited the UNESCO World Heritage City of Bruges. On the way to our hotel, we passed one of the large art installations currently situated on the canals. Large art installations – What’s that all about? From 5 May to 16 September 2018 Triennial Bruges 2018 is taking place. Held once every three years an artistic route spreads across… More On a hunt for modern art around Bruges
Tips for solving puzzles in Escape Rooms
August 20, 2018
So you are in an escape room with your team. What things can trip you up? How do you over come them? Not seeing what is in front of you. Sometimes one of the hardest things in an escape room is seeing what is in plain sight. You are so used to having to open… More Tips for solving puzzles in Escape Rooms