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New Food and Drink Tasting Experience offers ‘full flavour’ of brand new festival

Visitors to a new free community festival in Stratford can now enhance their experience with some first-class foodie fun, thanks to Cocktail Tours, based in Warwick. The ‘Food and Drink Tasting Experience’ offers people the chance to get a fuller flavour of what’s on offer at the new Pursuits Festival, on May 11-12th. Those wishing […]

Three friends from different backgrounds join forces to realise restaurant dream

Three friends from the same town in India who all started new lives in south Warwickshire, have together realised their shared vision of running a restaurant. Aby Joseph, Thomas Mathew and Joshi Johny have come to the business from a wide variety of backgrounds, including health care, film production, mechanical engineering and food – to […]

ALSO24 Festival line-up announced for Warwickshire

Leading lights in the worlds of music, comedy, wellness and food and nature, are among those this week announced as part of Warwickshire’s ALSO24 Festival – celebrating this year’s theme of Heavenly Bodies. Indie folk band Stornoway and comedian Sara Pascoe, head the impressive line-up  for the UK’s most inspirational summer festival, once again taking […]

House of Commons launch for sixth Ladies First Awards celebrating inspirational achievers

A prestigious event at London’s House of Commons this week marked the launch of a national awards campaign to celebrate some the country’s most inspirational female achievers. The sixth – and biggest – Ladies First Professional Development Awards, will highlight success stories as well as raise funds for The Giles Trust Brain Tumour Fund at […]

In Pursuit of fun at brand new festival

The Producer/Director behind Leamington’s largest outdoor arts festival, Art in the Park, is bringing a new and exciting free community festival experience to Stratford-Upon-Avon. Kate Livingston of Slate Events is thrilled to announce the launch of the Stratford Pursuits Festival, a celebration of music, art, and culture that promises to be one of the most […]

Serenity arrives at Wroxall Abbey Hotel

‘Serenity’ has arrived at Warwick’s Wroxall Abbey Hotel in the form of new luxury outdoor hot tubs. From this weekend, guests at the Victorian four-star hotel can now book exclusive use of one of four private and secluded cabins, overlooking some of the estate’s rolling 27 acres of grounds. Each cabin contains a four-seater hot […]

Murder Mystery kicks off new calendar of live events at Wroxall Abbey Hotel

Diners with an appetite for intrigue are being invited to play sleuth as Wroxall Abbey announces the return of live and immersive entertainment to the hotel. The Victorian Mansion House in Warwick is the perfect setting for the first Murder Mystery Night, on October 28th, heralding a line-up of events for the festive season. Staged […]

Local gin company gears up for first class fun

A gin company based in Warwick, is taking its unique concept on the road thanks to the acquisition of a new events bus. It marks the start of an exciting new journey for That Gin Company brand, which started life as That Gin & Cocktail Bar in Swan Street. The converted double-decker Cocktail Tours Bus […]