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Authors add more fizz
March 2, 2019
Three family-favourite authors are joining WhizzFizzFest 2019, Aylesbury’s annual literary and arts festival. The festival will be returning to Aylesbury town centre on Saturday June 22, when there will be even more whizzfizzing fun in store. Alongside some free activities, this year will also see the debut of The Wonder of WhizzFizz show, taking place at […]
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Art of glass
February 21, 2019
A Glorious Glass exhibition at Bucks County Museum in Aylesbury runs until March 23 and features work by the Chair of the Contemporary Glass Society, Sue Purser Hope (see picture above). The glass art that she is showing in this exhibition makes us think about the elements and fishermen but also transports us back to […]
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Rail fans go loco
February 14, 2019
A classic locomotive is to be relaunched after a 40-year restoration at Quainton. In 1978, Quainton Railway Society bought an old locomotive from a scrapyard in Barry Island, Wales. Locomotive no. 6989 ‘Wightwick Hall’ has been at Quainton, now better known as Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, ever since, while undergoing an incredibly long and complicated restoration, […]
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Museum cash boost
January 15, 2019
Bucks County Museum Trust is to receive an award of £200,000 from the DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvements Fund to develop new permanent galleries about the Story of Buckinghamshire. The current Touch of Bucks exhibition on the ground floor of the museum’s historic building in Church Street, Old Town Aylesbury, is around 25 years old and […]
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Walking festival
January 9, 2019
Adventurers are being urged to explore new locations, landscapes and legends during the Chilterns Walking Festival, a 16-day programme of guided walks and special events taking place from May 18 to June 2. The Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty covers the rural countryside of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire on London’s North-West doorstep. There […]
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Wondercrump writers wanted
December 16, 2018
WhizzFizzFest isn’t just about reading stories – it’s about writing them, too. To coincide with this year’s WhizzFizzFest, Queens Park Arts Centre in Aylesbury will be running its first ‘Queens Park 500 Words Challenge’. Aspiring authors aged five-13 are invited to take part and submit their own original 500-word fiction story. These can be written […]
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