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Festival Column: KaZantip Republic
When is a festival not a festival? When it takes place in the non-existent state of KaZantip that's when, and therefore only exists in a parallel reality. Th... Read more »| 01 Aug 2011 -
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Festivals 2011: OFF, Poland
So, why pitch your tent at just one amazing August music festival in the Eastern part of Europe (see last month's piece on Sziget, Budapest) when you can hit... Read more »| 02 Jun 2011 -
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Festival Column: TweedLove Bike Week
In a national survey in 2005, listeners to BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme voted the bicycle as the most significant invention since the 1800s, miles a... Read more »| 01 Jun 2011 -
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Festival Column: Sziget, Budapest
One of the world’s largest musical and cultural festivals takes place in August, but you knew that already, right? And that it offers exceptional value... Read more »| 21 Apr 2011 -
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Go Away! Outdoor Activities in Fort William and Lochaber
Where? Adrenalising outdoor activity in Fort William and Lochaber. What? More specifically, a mountain bike marathon, or if H2O’s your thing, white wa... Read more »| 05 Apr 2011 -
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Go Away! To Christopher Street Day, Berlin
Where? Christopher Street Day (CSD), Berlin. What? Annual European LGBT celebration. Generally known as Gay Pride events elsewhere, in Germany they are na... Read more »| 26 Mar 2011
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Go Away! To Dublin for St. Patrick's Day
Where? Dublin for St Patrick's Day. What? The St. Patrick's Parade in Dublin opens the annual festival with a dazzling display from street theatre troupes,... Read more »| 04 Mar 2011 -
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Go Away! - To Inchcolm Island, Firth of Forth
Where? Inchcolm Island, Firth of Forth. What? Apart from the occasional trip across the bridges, or a frankly insane ‘Looney Dook’ on New Year&r... Read more »| 22 Feb 2011 -
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Festival Column: Fort William Mountain Festival 2011
With the winters we’ve been having, who hasn’t plodded and stumbled along in the vast tranches of the white stuff and thought “I could real... Read more »| 04 Feb 2011 -
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Go Away! To Snowbombing '11
It's rumoured the snow could be here until March, that is if the forecasters are to be believed. Of course, after the past couple of winters we're now so acc... Read more »| 14 Dec 2010 -
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Festival Watch: Vikings @ Up Helly Aa
Ah, the Vikings and their renown as history's most hirsute bunch of raping, pillaging murderers. Well, perhaps not. Recent research from some cardigan and co... Read more »| 03 Dec 2010 -
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Go Away! To Munich Christmas Market
Here in Scotland spring has made its way seamlessly into autumn and the forecast remains at 'pish'. Dismally, the Met Office definition for a British White C... Read more »| 23 Nov 2010 -
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Go Away! - To Ski and Snowboard School, Cairngorm Mountain
For December, we're looking north to take advantage of some of Scotland's winter sports Read more »| 23 Nov 2010 -
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Go Away! To Aberdeen's Winter Festival
Ah Christmas. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost indulging your foot fetish, and, eh, Lemmy screaming Killed By Death all up in ya face. Or so it... Read more »| 05 Nov 2010 -
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Halloween Experience @ The Edinburgh Dungeon
Forget about the horror stories from OK! (and, err, Austria), dungeons are fun! Or at least, the Edinburgh Dungeon is, with features designed to make the mos... Read more »| 18 Oct 2010