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30 January – Lloyd Alexander was born in 1924 (100th Anniversary).; 19 April – Lord Byron died of fever in Missolonghi, Greece (200th Anniversary). [1]11 May – On this day 100 years ago, Robert Frost received his first Pulitzer Prize for the book New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes.
This year’s edition of the Hay Festival of Literature and Arts spans 11 days, from 23 May to 2 June, and tickets are available to book at hayfestival.com. The best of bookshops
March 2024 events in the United Kingdom (1 C, 4 P) April 2024 events in the United Kingdom (1 C, 6 P) May 2024 events in the United Kingdom (2 C, 68 P) June 2024 events in the United Kingdom (1 C, 5 P) July 2024 events in the United Kingdom (2 C, 15 P) August 2024 events in the United Kingdom (1 C, 8 P) September 2024 events in the United ...
Arts and culture. 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature. This year's Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to South Korean writer Han Kang "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life". (Nobel Prize) Disasters and accidents
But London isn’t quite getting all the glory, with Paula Rego: Visions of English Literature at Nottingham’s Djanogly Gallery (21 Sept-5 Jan), exploring a little-considered aspect of the great ...
UK scientists pinpoint a major cause of inflammatory bowel disease that is present in 95% of peoples' DNA. [480] 5–6 June – Events take place in the UK and France to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings. The King pays tribute to veterans in Portsmouth, while the Prime Minister speaks at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur ...
The culture of the United Kingdom may also colloquially be referred to as British culture. Although British culture is a distinct entity, the individual cultures of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are diverse. There have been varying degrees of overlap and distinctiveness between these four cultures.
Website. glastonburyfestivals.co.uk. The 2024 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts took place between 26 and 30 June at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, and followed the 2023 edition of the festival. The three headlining acts were Dua Lipa, Coldplay, and SZA, with Shania Twain performing in the traditional Sunday Legends slot.