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Libraries highlight censorship with Banned Books Week
What do Alice in Wonderland, blockbuster The Da Vinci Code and Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice have in common? They’ve all fallen foul of censorship.
The titles are examples of books chosen by Central Bedfordshire libraries to highlight national Banned Book Week Sunday 22 September – Saturday 28 September.
This year’s theme is ‘Censorship leaves us in the dark. Keep the light on.’
Central Bedfordshire Libraries will be promoting the week by highlighting banned books and the reason they have been censored.
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The National Museum of Computing displays early Open University computers
The National Museum of Computing on Bletchley Park is marking the 50th anniversary of The Open University (OU) with a new display celebrating its early technology. The display is open to visitors to the museum on Bletchley Park until 31 December 2019.
The OU developed several innovative methods to enable its students to study on computers in their own homes before personal computers were the norm and the internet became commonplace.
The exhibition offers an opportunity to see six of these machines.
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Half-term events with the Greensand Trust
Local environmental charity The Greensand Trust is holding a number of events this October Half Term at both The Working Woodlands Centre in Maulden Wood and Rushmere Country Park in Heath and Reach
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The role of Colossus and D-Day
Seventy-five years on from D-Day, information is still coming to light to show the role of Colossus and the breaking of Lorenz, Hitler’s most secret cipher.
On 28 September 2019 at 2.30 pm, in Block H, the home of Colossus, Mark Priestley and Gavin Clarke will reveal the pressures codebreakers worked under in the run-up to D-Day and the difficult choices they had to make in deciding what Lorenz messages to tackle.
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October listings for The Stables, Milton Keynes
October listings for The Stables, Milton Keynes. Highlights include Mitch Benn, Barb Jungr, Dave Koz and The Three Degrees.
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Forest Folk and Roots present…Roswell + Velvet Engine
Live music at The College Arms Since their first gig together in March 2018, Roswell has gone on...
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Bedfordshire Police Family Fun Day
Bedfordshire Police would like to invite the public to its free family fun day. This will take place from 11am until 3pm on Sunday 1 September at Police HQ in Kempston.
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Stewartby Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society charity concert
Stewartby Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society is putting on a special production to raise funds for EVC Uganda.
EVC Uganda raises funds to help provide a better life to poor and orphaned children in southern Uganda.
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Less than one year to go until Bedford River Festival 2020
The Bedford River Festival 2020 will take place on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th July. Bedford Borough Council has announced that the event’s headline sponsor will be Wainwright, by Marston’s Beer Company.
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Oasis Beach Pool is ready for the summer!
Following a short three-week closure for refurbishment of the flumes and some important maintenance work, Oasis Beach Pool Bedford is now open, just in time for the summer holidays
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September listings for The Stables, Milton Keynes
Events at the Stables, Milton Keynes in September include an Evening with Richard Jobson of The Skids, and a trip down memory lane with Shakatak and Joe Brown’s 60th Anniversary Tour.
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The Danesborough Chorus is recruiting new singers
Highly regarded local choir, the Danesborough Chorus, is on the lookout for new voices – sopranos, altos, tenors and basses.
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