6 events and exhibitions around the country; LIFESTYLE Holidays.Byline: Compiled by STEVE RACE 1Sea shanties, woodcarving and ship bottling at Hull's Maritime Festival, this weekend. 2 Hadrian: Empire and Conflict exhibition at the British Museum British Museum, the national repository in London for treasures in science and art. Located in the Bloomsbury section of the city, it has departments of antiquities, prints and drawings, coins and medals, and ethnography. , London until October 26 3 Fantasies in Clay: Martin Brothers art pottery at Blackwell, Bowness, Cumbria until November 2 4 Hexham Abbey Hexham Abbey is a place of Christian worship in the town of Hexham, Northumberland, in north-east England. There has been a church on the site for over 1300 years since Etheldreda, Queen of Northumbria made a grant of lands to Wilfrid, Bishop of York c.674. Festival of music, film, theatre, poetry and exhibitions, from Sept 25-Oct 4 5 earn how a well dressing is made at Chesterfield Market, Derbyshire from 8-12 September 6 See the World Gurning Championships at Cumbria's Egremont Crab Fair on Sept 20 For more information go to www.enjoyengland.com |
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