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Buxton Festival is delighted to announce their new Literary Weekend featuring renowned speakers will take place from Friday 31 till Sunday 2 November in the Pavilion Arts Centre. Events on Friday include a captivating talk by journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Wark and an entertaining evening show by radio and TV star Nicholas Parsons. Leading 60’s model Sandra Howard discusses high society in Kennedy’s America on Saturday morning followed by international bestselling author Jung Chang who will discuss her latest book on the fascinating Empress Dowager Cixi at 12 noon followed by Jonathan Aitken’s insider view of Margaret Thatcher’s story at 2pm.

For further details and to book tickets please visit www.buxtonfestival.co.uk

The Old Hall Hotel is delighted to be a major sponsor of the ‘Buxton Spa Prize’, a unique ‘en plein air’ art competition new for 2014.

Almost 70 artisits are producing over 100 pieces of work to be shown in an exhibition running between 12th September - 12th October in Buxton’s Green Man Gallery.

For more information please visit www.Buxtonspaprize.co.uk

19th and 20th July 2014 10am - 4.30pm at the Devonshire Dome - University of Derby, Buxton

Browse and buy from a huge range of outstanding art and design direct from Peak District Artisan Members at our award winning annual exhibition. There will be free illustrated talks and demos, a young artist of the year competition plus much more.

FREE ENTRY

www.peakdistrictartisans.co.uk

Sunday 6th July - Monday 14th July 2014

The custom of Well Dressing in Buxton started in 1840, as a thanks to the Duke of Devonshire who had piped a supply of fresh drinking water to the Higher Buxton Well on the Market Place. It was sometime later, in 1864 before the Pump Room near St Ann’s Well in the Crescent was also decorated. Apart from a break which lasted from 1912 until 1925 this traditional custom has continued to the present day.

Following last year’s sell-out with Raffles: One Heart and Mind, Act-IV returns with its latest show, sparkling with humour and new songs, about the amazing Victorian original master-chef Alexis Soyer. The new show is entitled ‘Oui Chef!’. And the run includes an exclusive evening of supper theatre in collaboration with The Old Hall Hotel, and which will be held on the French National ‘Bastille’ Day, the 14th of July.

On-line Box Office - http://www.act-iv-tickets.com or phone Box Office Information telephone line number 0791-903-1208.

Or visit their own website - http://www.act-iv-theatre.com for more information about the show.