http://www.thisisdurham.com - News Articles en-GB Copyright This is Durham Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:35:45 GMT Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:35:45 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 This is Durham News http://www.thisisdurham.com/site/news/2012/2/2/go-wild-at-the-bowes-museum-this-half-term-a3701 Go Wild! at The Bowes Museum during half term with a fun packed programme of events planned for the Barnard Castle treasure house. Zoolab wild animal demonstrations will offer an opportunity for children to learn about wild animals in an imaginative and interesting way on Tuesday 14th February, allowing youngsters to handle snakes, tarantulas, rats and cockroaches in a series of 30 minute sessions. If handling creepy crawlies gives you the shivers, then join the Museum’s Education Offi Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Visitor%20News http://www.thisisdurham.com/site/news/2012/2/2/gladiator-skeletons-arrive-in-durham-a3683 Six human skeletons thought to be the remains of Roman Gladiators have gone on display at a new visitor attraction in the Centre of Durham. The Gladiators: A Cemetery of Secrets exhibition is the result of a joint venture between York Archaeological Trust and Durham County Council. The exhibition occupies the former Visitor Information Centre at Millennium Place and will run until March 31st 2012.  The skeletons, which were the subject of a Channel 4 documentary aired last year, were Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Visitor%20News http://www.thisisdurham.com/site/news/2012/2/2/durham-voted-no-2-of-uk-s-top-cities-a3658 Durham has been voted the top city in England and the second best city to visit in the UK in a national poll. Readers of The Guardian and The Observer were asked to pick their favourite cities, countries, hotels and attractions to visit and have voted Durham ahead of Bath, Newcastle and Liverpool in the prestigious awards. Edinburgh was the only city this year to receive more votes than Durham. The beautiful and compact heritage city has moved up to second from third, behind Edinburgh and York Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Visitor%20News http://www.thisisdurham.com/site/news/2012/1/4/locomotion-inspires-five-local-artists-a3689 Something out of the ordinary is happening at Locomotion, the National Railway Museum at Shildon. A new exhibition, opening on January 16 2012, will showcase the work of five local artists inspired by the role of the museum and its collections. Local artists adopted the brief to create original work, responding to the vehicles on display at Locomotion and to its remarkable role as a centre for developing heritage skills and rail restoration techniques. Tish Bloom, Carolyn Corfield, Ve Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Visitor%20News http://www.thisisdurham.com/site/news/2011/12/1/lumiere-durham-installation-splash-by-peter-lewis-to-go-on-olympic-park-in-2012-a3677 Splash, the extraordinary waterfall made by Canadian artist Peter Lewis, and one of the highlights of this year's LUMIERE Festival in Durham, will appear on the Olympic Park next year. The spectacularly lit waterfall captivated tens of thousands of visitors to the second edition of LUMIERE, Durham’s biennial light festival. First estimates put the number of visitors at around 140,000 attending the festival over four nights in November. LUMIERE 2011 has doubled in size since its first out Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Visitor%20News http://www.thisisdurham.com/site/news/2011/11/23/international-recognition-for-durham-heritage-coast-a3671 Durham’s magnificent Heritage Coast has achieved European recognition and was one of only three entrants honoured with a formal ‘Special Mention’ for its work in the prestigious Landscape Award of the Council of Europe competition. A total of 14 countries competed for the award, which is conferred only once every two years and designed to raise awareness of the value of landscapes, their role in society and positive changes within them.  While Durham Heritage Coast narrow Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Visitor%20News http://www.thisisdurham.com/site/news/2011/10/23/autumn-days-out-go-further-with-durham-deals-a3670 Visit County Durham has teamed up with tourism businesses right across the county to provide visitors with many ways to save money this autumn. Durham Deals is a must-use online promotion for any visitor wanting to make the most of a fantastic range of discounts available right across Durham. The promotion will help visitors enjoy great value days out this autumn, by downloading vouchers to use at over 75 tourism outlets across the county, including leading attractions, restaurants, hotels and Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Visitor%20News http://www.thisisdurham.com/site/news/2011/10/20/its-official-durham-cathedral-is-britains-favourite-building-a3637 Over the last few weeks the Guardian newspaper has been running a poll to find Britain’s favourite building. Durham Cathedral was elected by readers to the final four and then stomped to victory after three days of voting taking 62.3% of the vote.   The Guardian got a wonderful response and a vast range of suggestions from the very old Stonehenge to the not even finished Shard. But there was one building that was nominated time and time again. Readers’ comments included as Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Visitor%20News http://www.thisisdurham.com/site/news/2011/10/13/make-a-break-of-it-when-lumiere-returns-to-durham-a3648 When Lumiere returns to blaze a trail through Durham next month there will be many short breaks on offer to tempt visitors to make the most the UK’s largest light festival. The dedicated festival pages on thisisdurham.com features carefully created Lumiere deals, Culture Vulture itineraries and Festival Top Tips plus live twitter and flickr feed, as well as a link to the Lumiere website to ensure visitors have all the information they need to enjoy a short break in Durham and take in the Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Visitor%20News http://www.thisisdurham.com/site/news/2011/10/13/durham-book-festival-a3634 Durham Book Festival 2011, with over 60 events, and books on all subjects, offers something for everyone. The festival brings a wide range of authors to the City this autumn who will be participating in a variety of events including debates, readings, conversations and events featuring music. This year’s Durham Book Festival takes place from 17-23 October and during the main festival week  Durham will welcome prominent thinkers and leaders from the fields of politics, history, s Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Visitor%20News http://www.thisisdurham.com/site/news/2011/9/25/lumiere-the-uk-s-largest-light-festival-returns-to-durham-a3618 The UK’s largest light festival returns to blaze a trailthrough Durham this winter with 30+ installations including works by Tracey Emin and David Batchelor. LUMIERE 2011 is the world-class biennial festival that celebrates artists working with light in all its forms. Over four nights, 17-20 November2011, Durham residents and visitors will rediscover a city transformed into amagical nocturnal landscape. LUMIERE is the largest light festival in the UK focusing on works created by artists Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT Visitor%20News http://www.thisisdurham.com/site/news/2011/9/12/steam-shuttles-york-to-shildon-a3585 Steam and diesel shuttles will be running between Locomotion, the National Railway Museum at Shildon and the National Railway Museum in York on September 24 and 25. Passengers will be able to enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of operating steam and diesel engines, while they travel along the East Coast Main Line and the Bishop Line. The locomotives hauling the shuttle trains will be drawn from a pool consisting of the Royal Class 47 Prince William, No. 70013 Oliver Cromwell, No. 30777 S Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT Visitor%20News http://www.thisisdurham.com/site/news/2011/9/10/50-years-of-porsche-at-raby-castle-a3616 The Porsche Club of Great Britain are hosting their seventh Annual Northern Show at Raby Castle, Staindrop, nr Darlington, Co Durham on Sunday 18th September from 11am to 4pm.  More than 100 Porsches, ranging from the classic 356, to modern day 911s will be meeting at Raby, making it the largest gathering of Porsches in the North of England this year. The event marks the 50th Anniversary of the Porsche Club, and is one of a number of events happening across the country to celebrate this mi Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT Visitor%20News http://www.thisisdurham.com/site/news/2011/8/30/miniature-shetland-pony-rehomed-at-durham-farm-attraction-a3584 A Durham tourist attraction has re-homed an orphaned miniature Shetland pony as it prepares for the busy school holiday period. The three-month old pony has been hand reared after its mother died and will be accompanied over the summer months at Hall Hill Farm by another foal and mother to help it settle it.  In addition to the new miniature Shetland ponies, visitors to Hall Hill Farm this summer will be met by more animals than ever after a bumper crop of babies arrived this spr Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT Visitor%20News http://www.thisisdurham.com/site/news/2011/7/12/davy-s-fried-fish-shop-at-beamish-a3545 Davy’s Fried Fish Shop at Beamish will be open to visitors from Friday 15 July, serving a real taste of the past and is expected to be hugely popular with the 420,000 people who visit Beamish every year. The Fried Fish Shop has been named in honour of the brothers’ shop which traded in Winlaton Mill for seventy years.  The business was set up by their grandfather in 1937, then run by their mother and father before being operated by Brian and Ramsay themselves until 2007. No Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT Visitor%20News