The Vera Lynn Story comes to King’s Hall, Ilkley on Tuesday 31 May 2022 for one matinee performance only. Join us for a very special musical celebration jam-packed with Dame Vera Lynn’s hugely popular nostalgic hits including We’ll Meet Again, (There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover, Among My Souvenirs and many more. […]
Warwick Castle’s Edwardian library may be off-limits for the time being, but a new online Learning Library is taking the Castle experience online. With families across the country returning to home-schooling during national lockdowns, history experts at Warwick Castle have developed a range of all-new free resources providing fun and educational activities for children of […]
For centuries it helped swell the surging waters of British industry by harnessing the power of the River Aire. From making oil that powered some of the world’s first locomotives to manufacturing putty that repaired London after The Blitz, Thwaite Watermill played an important part in Leeds becoming a powerhouse of production. Today an online […]
An art competition for young people across the UK has launched, with the winners having their artwork displayed at the COP26 Climate Change conference this year in Glasgow. The Creative Earth competition is part of a UK Government initiative, Together for our Planet, and launched in collaboration with the WWF to encourage young people to […]
Winter Rescue is the fourth hit show from the pioneering virtual immersive theatre company Morpheus and is open for bookings now. Suitable for children aged 9 to 13, this new show transports children to an icy world of kidnapped elves and fearsome yetis, where they must work together throughout a time-twisting adventure to save the […]
The projectors may have been turned off for the third national lockdown, but the team behind the popular York attraction have promised that the lights will stay on a little longer – visitors will now have until 6 June 2021 to immerse themselves in over 200 of Van Gogh’s most famous paintings. At […]
National Express will fully suspend its national network of scheduled coach services with effect from 23:59 on Sunday 10 January 2021. Chris Hardy, managing director of National Express UK Coach: “We have been providing an important service for essential travel needs. However, with tighter restrictions and passenger numbers falling, it is no longer appropriate to […]
Marisha Wallace is bringing her sensational UK Tour to King’s Hall, Ilkley on Friday 24 September 2021. One of the West End and Broadway’s most instantly recognisable voices and beloved leading ladies, Marisha has wowed audiences in smash-hit shows Dreamgirls, Waitress and The Book of Mormon and has recently starred alongside Will Smith in Disney’s […]
School of Rock – The Musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s smash hit, award-winning West End show, is coming to the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford next year from Monday 25 – Saturday 30 October 2021. Based on the hilarious hit movie, this new musical follows Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock star who decides to earn a few […]
Over the last 101 years Bettys has had to weather a few storms including two world wars, rationing and the Spanish Flu. Then, as today, our beautiful cakes and treats were a reminder that comfort can be found in small things. This year there has been lockdowns […]