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Notebook<br />
Sophie Ellis-Bexter<br />
Canterbury Festival<br />
Canterbury’s annual arts bonanza boasts over two<br />
hundred events including shows, workshops, talks<br />
and walks from Saturday 20 <strong>October</strong> to Saturday 3<br />
November. Famous names (The Feeling, Sophie Ellis-<br />
Bextor, The Shires) and world-class performers will sit<br />
alongside young, emerging talent from Kent schools.<br />
The Foundation Bursary concert has a prize of up to<br />
£2000. And the theatre line-up includes the acrobatics<br />
of Barely Methodical Troupe and the saucy Lady Luck<br />
Cabaret. Tickets on sale at canterburyfestival.co.uk or<br />
Marlowe Theatre box office at 01227 787787.<br />
Pure art<br />
Now in its 9th year, the Pure Autumn<br />
Art Fair will take place from Saturday<br />
6 to Sunday 14 <strong>October</strong> from 11am to<br />
6pm at the PowderMills Hotel in Battle.<br />
Showcasing the brightest international<br />
talent, featuring work across all fine art<br />
media. A full list of exhibiting artists can<br />
be seen at pureartsgroup.co.uk<br />
Notebook<br />
Exhibitions<br />
Lucy Worsley<br />
&<br />
events near you<br />
this month<br />
Deeds and words<br />
Deeds and Words Tonbridge is a new<br />
Festival of Women’s Voices celebrating<br />
100 years of women making themselves<br />
heard. From Friday 5 to Sunday<br />
7 <strong>October</strong> at the EM Forster Theatre<br />
in Tonbridge, Lucy Worsley, Helen<br />
Pankhurst and Rosie Duffield, will be<br />
brought together alongside local writers.<br />
There will be debates, workshops,<br />
performances, talks, poetry readings and<br />
an exhibition of suffragette material.<br />
deedsandwordstonbridge.com<br />
Walkies<br />
On Sunday 14 <strong>October</strong>, Leeds<br />
Castle will be hosting The Big Dog<br />
Walk. Guide dogs return for a 2.5<br />
mile walk around the castle’s upper<br />
parkland. Entry is free, but all dogs are<br />
encouraged to raise £35 to help cover<br />
the cost of a guide dog harness.<br />
leeds-castle.com<br />
Spidey Saturday<br />
Spider experts from the British<br />
Tarantula Society will be displaying<br />
some of their most commonly feared<br />
animals in Drusillas’ Discovery Centre<br />
on Saturday 13 <strong>October</strong>. The aim<br />
of the day is for visitors to overcome<br />
phobias, as well as to be fun and<br />
informative. drusillas.co.uk<br />
Heverween<br />
Prepare to be spooked this Halloween<br />
at Hever Castle & Gardens, with ghostly<br />
tales in the Ghost Catcher’s Lair, a<br />
pumpkin trail, creepy craft workshops,<br />
costume prizes, and a chance to learn<br />
about the Castle’s ghosts. Plus grown-ups<br />
can enjoy a scary tour, three-course feast<br />
and stay overnight. hevercastle.co.uk<br />
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