DocFilm Festival 2012
19 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Artists, Film, Society & Culture Tags: big screen, cinema, docfilm, documentary, Festival, film, leicester, phoenix, phoenix square, showcase, square
From Friday 20th – Sunday 22nd January, Leicester will host the second DocFilm Festival. There will be a selection of documentaries and short films on display at the Phoenix Square.
On Saturday 21st January from 4:30pm there will be a showcase of work by Lucy Peel including films such as Public Sector Strike – Protection of Pensions, A Tale of Tent City, The Morning After and Zombie Attack!
More information about the festival and this showcase can be found here.
It’s free to attend this showcase. Hope to see you there!
Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross
05 Jul 2010 1 Comment
in Old English Traditions, Society & Culture, theatre Tags: banbury, banbury cross, cock, cock horse, fertility, Festival, film, hobby horse, medieval, military, pagan, photos, toys, video
The Hobby Horse Festival in Banbury is a relatively recent creation, having started a decade ago in the year 2000. It is based around the English nursery rhyme: ‘Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross, to see a fine lady upon a white horse; rings on her fingers and bells on her toes and she shall have music wherever she goes.
Jorvik Viking Festival
27 Feb 2010 2 Comments
in Historical Re-enactment, Old English Traditions Tags: agression, battle, EDL, Festival, fighting, Historical Re-enactment, history, Jorvik, Jorvik Viking Festival, screaming, sheilds, shouting, swords, Viking, violence
Ah, the city of York. As described by some some as having architecture so lovely that you’ll be spending most of your time looking up and bumping into people, tangled cobbled streets that are really good for getting lost in and wandering around the fantastic tiny shops (just make sure there is some space on your credit card before you visit), a massive church where you’ll have to pay £5 if you want to see anything more than the entrance hall. Oh, and don’t worry about getting a (non-alcoholic) drink. There are so many cafes about – lets just all hope that they all have toilets…
Quite peaceful.
Then all of a sudden you come aross these chaps walking down the street;
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