Comedian and Leonard Cohen tribute act Arthur Smith brings comedy to York Lit Fest. Photograph: Andy Warrington
January 3, 2016
Comedian and professional Grumpy Old Man Arthur Smith, former politician and train-spotter Michael Portillo and crime queen Val McDermid are all booked for what is set to be a classic York Literature Festival.
With 40 events packed in to 14 days, the festival is set to be the biggest and best yet.
Other big names heading our way include poets Wendy Cope and Carol Ann Duffy and York-born former business secretary Vince Cable.
Join the BBC Philharmonic for a rare chance to see a radio drama recorded for BBC Radio 4!
Join the BBC Philharmonic and BBC Radio 4 for radio drama The Kraken Wakes. This modern retelling of John Wyndham’s 1953 apocalyptic novel is adapted by crime writer and radio dramatist Val McDermid and stars Tamsin Greig, Paul Higgins and Richard Harrington.
This is a rare chance to see a radio drama recorded for Radio 4 with a live orchestral accompaniment from the BBC Philharmonic.
Composer Alan Edward Williams has created a brand new orchestral score that will ‘play the part’ of the great sea monster during the performance.
The Kraken Wakes will be recorded as a live performance in two parts. The drama will then be broadcast later in the year on BBC Radio 4.
Tickets will be allocated via random draw with 30% of the tickets going to Salford postcodes and 70% going to the rest of the UK.
You can register at any time until 11pm on Sunday 27 December.
Raith Rovers Football Club is offering a fantastic affordable opportunity for YOU to have your company or individual name seen across Scotland next season.
The club are looking for front and back of shirt sponsorship on a brand new eye catching away kit for next season.
Breaking away from the norm, the club is offering national and local businesses, groups, charities or even individuals the chance to enter a sponsorship draw at a cost of only £350 per entry.
The first prize will be your logo ⁄ name on the front of the new away kit for next season.
The second prize will be your logo ⁄ name on the back of the new away kit for next season.
First prize winners will also have their name ⁄ logo on all replica tops.
You can have the name of one of your main business partners
You can choose a charity of your choice
You can have an individual name. It can be your own or you can have the memory of a loved one who was a dedicated Rovers supporter
In addition there are four other prizes:
3rd Prize – Match Sponsorship for up to ten guests at one game of our choice
4th Prize – Match Ball Sponsorship for up to six guests at one game of your choice
5th Prize – Hospitality for up to four guests at one game of your choice
6th Prize – Two weekly entries to Roary’s Super Lotto Draw for one year (meaning you could win up to £25,000)
Tickets go on sale from 26th November until 8th January and can be purchased from Stark’s Park, or by emailing commercial@raithrovers.net. Each entrant will receive acknowledgement in the match day programme.
The prize draw will take place at a Sponsorship Reception evening in the Raith Suite at Stark’s Park on Monday 11th January, where Ray McKinnon will make the draw.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Each entry costs £350 for one ticket
You can enter as many times as you like at a cost of £350 per entry
Raith Rovers is a non-political and non-religious organisation, and therefore any entries of a political or religious nature will be invalid
Raith Rovers reserve the right to invalidate entries which may be likely to cause offence – ie – acronyms which may contain subliminal messages.
