Following the Shoreham Air Show disaster last year which saw 11 people on the ground die the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has introduced tougher new regulations for air shows.
The CAA have warned that events will not be able to go ahead unless organisers comply with the new regulations, which include enhanced risk assessments and tougher checks on the health and experience of pilots.
The Brew opened last year at 163, City Road. Shoreditch, London, opposite Moorfields Eye Hospital and close to Old Street roundabout, and offers a range of flexible, hi-tech event spaces in a trendy industrial setting (exposed pipes, distressed surfaces) that one either loves or not. Continue reading
Those who enjoy the pomp and pageantry of a historical procession will want to know about the annual Ommegang event, staged in Brussels this year July 5-7.
Ommegang honours the visit of Charles Fifth to the city in 1549 and two colourful processions in the Grand Place are taking place from 9.00pm on the evenings of July 5 and 7 featuring more than 1,400 actors, as well as horses, music, flag-waving and tossing and staged fights between stilt-walkers, some several storeys high. A medieval village and tournaments are offered in the Brussels Park from 12.00 midday to 9.00pm on all three days.
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Wrongly called “Friesland” by us Brits this province in the North of the Netherlands has the black and white Holstein-Friesian cows, famous for their high milk yield of healthily low butterfat levels, and the famous Friesian horses, large, black, strong and beautiful and a natural choice these days for dressage, films and TV, though they were once used as war horses since they were one of the few breeds strong enough to carry a knight in full armour. Continue reading
Organisers looking to run small and medium-sized events in Amsterdam, and who worry that they could rattle around in the vast spaces of the Rai, can consider the modern 4-star Movenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Centre, and the adjacent venues it also sells. Continue reading
Fans of the 70s and 80s British BBC TV sitcom “Are You Being Served?” will know that five of the troupe went on to play, in 1992/3, in a 12-part spin-off titled “Grace & Favour” in the UK, and “Are You Being Served? Again!” in the USA and Canada. Continue reading