Bats aren’t out of hell
There are more bat walks and even a bat canoe trail taking place in Cumbria during September.
Timeline
Punchline to our joke of a summer
Beatles thrown out of hotel
When Bill Berry saw four rather scruffy young chaps stroll into Carlisle Golf Club’s annual dinner-dance and start tucking into the buffet, he decided that their behaviour wasn’t acceptable and threw them out. The four turned out to be The Beatles . . .
‘Chard’ remains top tipple
CHARDONNAY, once the favourite wine of the nation’s ladies, is in danger of being left on the shelf.
How the Cumberland Pig was reinvented
In the movie Jurassic Park, Sir Richard Attenborough plays a billionaire who recreates long-extinct dinosaurs using DNA from a mosquito trapped in amber. Swap Hollywood for Cumbria and Sir Dicky for a bearded bloke with his sleeves rolled up and grubby jeans and instead of Jurassic Park you get Jurassic pork...
The world of Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse is possibly the only place you’ll find a pair of elderly Jewish gentlemen presenting a rap radio show for Radio Three.When asked about newcomers Clarence [Whitehouse] and Henry [Enfield] they both immediately slip into character.
Twins Georgia and Kyla Johnston are identical in the way they look but there is something that sets them apart. While Kyla chats away, Georgia joins in but the sounds that come out of her mouth are not the same as her sister’s
Can't get to Carlisle's Tullie House? Don't worry, pioneering outreach work is taking exhbitions into the heart of communities