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Louise's Bucket list 2012
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Shakespeare Unplugged Festival
Feb - Mar 2012 (biennial) in Theatre Royal Bath
Arts
The Shakespeare Unplugged Festival welcomes theatre companies from all over the world as it returns to the Theatre Royal, Bath. Offering a culturally diverse programme of productions, it breaks down and rebuilds the Bard's work for a 21st-century audience.
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York Minster
All year round in York
Festivals & Heritage
York Minster is the largest medieval building in England and the biggest gothic cathedral north of the Alps.
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The Scotch Whisky Experience
All year round in Edinburgh
Weird & Wonderful
Take a light-hearted, child-friendly barrel ride through the making, storing and imbibing of Scotland's national drink at The Scotch Whisky Experience in the Old Town. The ticket includes a dram of whisky, and a visit to the well-stocked shop is recommended.
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Manchester Art Gallery
All year round in Manchester Art Gallery
Arts
The refurbished city centre Manchester Art Gallery houses thousands of exhibits from 17th-century European art and Pre-Raphaelite paintings to Victorian dolls' houses and a Levi jeans chair. Enjoy the special exhibitions or take a break in the café.
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Blickling Hall
All year round in Blickling, Norwich
Festivals & Heritage
Blickling Hall is an imposing Jacobean stately home that is under the efficient wing of the National Trust. Built in the early 17th century, it is famed for being owned briefly by the Boleyn family.
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Wallington House
All year round in Morpeth
Festivals & Heritage
Guarded by four fearsome stone griffin heads, Wallington House - ten miles west of Morpeth - is one of the finest historic houses in Northumberland, as well as the venue for much-loved summer concerts.
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Bede's World
All year round in Jarrow
Festivals & Heritage
The extraordinary life of the Venerable Bede, a 7th-century monk and chronicler of early Christianity, is celebrated at Bede's World in Jarrow, where he lived and worked.
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Seven Stories
All year round in Newcastle
Kids & Family
Opened in 2005, Newcastle's Seven Stories is a centre for children's books which explores the heritage of the genre and offers a wealth of activities that emphasise the dynamic, creative process of reading and writing.
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Pilgrimage
All year round in Oxford
Festivals & Heritage
The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology explores the role of pilgrimage in Christianity, Islam, Judaism and the religions of South Asia.
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War Horse
28 Mar 2009 - 16 Feb 2013; not Sun in New London Theatre
Arts
It began life as a National Theatre Christmas show, but since transferring to the New London Theatre, and then to Broadway, War Horse has become a sure-fire international success. Based on Michael Moruprgo's children's book, it's now booking into 2013.
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Afternoon Tea at The Orangery in Kensington Gardens
All year round in Kensington, London
Lifestyle
Built for Queen Anne in 1704, The Orangery in Kensington Gardens provides the quintessential English afternoon tea in opulent and peaceful surroundings. Fruit scones with clotted cream and jam, traditional cakes and neatly-cut sandwiches tempt many a tourist and families on a day out.
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Ely Cathedral
All year round in Ely
Festivals & Heritage
Etheldreda (d 679), daughter of Anna, king of East Anglia, restored an old church in Ely and built a monastery on the site where Ely Cathedral now lies. After a restoration in 970, it became England's second richest abbey.
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