Healthcare practitioners and social workers of the future celebrated the end of years of hard work at graduation ceremonies at the University of Bedfordshire. Students from the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences gathered at St Mary’s Church at the Luton campus to collect their degrees in front of excited family and friends. Among them was the Chief…
A University of Buckingham lecturer and his daughter have won one of the world’s most prestigious literary prizes for a fascinating book that explores the relationship between the book of Revelation and how it is interpreted in art, music and literature. The ACE / Mercers’ Book Award is the only prize for a publication that…
Pupils from Long Meadow School visited Milton Keynes Council’s Chamber to learn about elections and how the council works. The pupils then carried out their own real life election to find two class ‘Helping Hands’. More than 60 pupils met Mayor Cllr David Hopkins and got to see inside the Mayor’s Parlour to look at…
MK Gallery is extending its role in improving access to culture. The Gallery has been successful in securing funding to support a new inclusive programme targeting young people with complex needs and their families.
Emergency services say there are “a number of casualties” after a mid-air collision involving a helicopter and an aircraft near Waddesdon – around 15 miles south west of Milton Keynes. The accident, involving two aircraft from Wycombe Air Park, happened just after lunchtime today. For more information, follow updates on Twitter (@MKGuide)
On Saturday 21 October, the streets of Milton Keynes will be lit up by Feast of Fire, the final official event for MK50, the year-long 50th birthday celebrations for this progressive city, founded in 1967. Commissioned by City Club and produced by IF: Milton Keynes International Festival, Feast of Fire has been created by world…
A ONE-WOMAN musical that lovingly sends up all things Jane Austen and won a theatrical prize against a field of 1,000 entrants at the Adelaide Fringe is coming to the Stantonbury Theatre for one night only on 10 October 2017. New Zealand writer Penny Ashton brings Austenesque characters to life in Promise And Promiscuity through…
This season Stantonbury Theatre is set for a bold artistic relaunch under new director Lucy Cuthbertson.
On Saturday 21 October, central Milton Keynes will host Feast of Fire – a free, magical and fiery celebration for MK50 – and the organisers are looking for 250 people to take part in The People’s Procession. Ursula White, The People’s Procession Project Manager, says: “We want people of all ages and backgrounds who will…
Have you ever thought about what you’re putting on your skin? Have you ever considered what the chemicals actually are that are in your cosmetics? Milton Keynes’ entrepreneur Shalom Lloyd saw a gap in the market after struggling for months to find a suitable solution for her new-born baby’s severe eczema. She began to mix…
