Charlie & The Chocolate Factory is in full swing at the Theatre Royal, but it's not going to be enough to just watch Charlie's chocolate adventure. Sadly there are no chocolate factories in operation in London any more but thankfully Chocolate Ecstasy Tours offers fantastical tours of London's weird and wonderful chocolate shops, sampling delicious treats along the way. And this Summer there are more tours than ever.
Today sees the start of the 2013 Hickstead Derby Meeting 19th - 23rd June and this year the event has attracted a strong field of entries, with 13 nations represented and a total of 180 horses entered in the international classes. Entries for the national classes on the opening days of the show are already full, with record numbers wishing to compete at the All England Jumping Course.
Returning to the UK's capital this October, the world famous UK RumFest will take place on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th October 2013 and will offer visitors to London's ExCeL Exhibition Centre the chance to embark on a voyage of rum discovery.
Giggling Squid, a 98-seater Thai restaurant, is to open in Reigate in early July 2013. The latest opening will take the group's total number of venues to six, adding to sites in Brighton, Hove and Crawley in Sussex, Tunbridge Wells in Kent and Henley in Oxfordshire.
There are now less than seven weeks to count down until the eagerly anticipated CarFest season is upon us. And, with full details of the 2013 line-up now being announced, a limited number of extra day tickets have just gone on sale for those who missed out when the original allocation sold out within hours back in January.
From the 7th to the 9th June 2013 Olympia played host to this year's London Allergy & Free From Show, covering every spare inch of space in the National Hall. V - Delicious co-located with the show this year, bringing a brand new national vegetarian, vegan and meat reducer show to the event. And if you missed this fantastic event then the Allergy & Free From Show North will be at the BT Convention Centre, Liverpool from the 26th to the 27th October 2013.
