Win a fabulous Bonne Maman basket — become a member this month

1 month
4 weeks ago

Join the Cheltenham Festivals Membership Scheme any time during July and enter a draw to win a fabulous basket of traditional French patisserie & conserves from Bonne Maman!

Plus, you’ll be the first to buy tickets for The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival with members’ priority booking 9–15 August, save 20% on up to fifteen tickets at the festival and attend exclusive members’ events, like our members’ whisky tasting and book group with afternoon tea.

One lucky member will win a basket packed with delicious biscuits, cakes and conserves from Bonne Maman, all evoking the unique taste of France.

Join today

save £5 when you choose Direct Debit
save 20% on up to fifteen tickets at the Literature Festival

More about the Cheltenham Festivals Membership Scheme

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We’ve tagged this post with Bonne Maman, competition, literature, membership, prize, win on Tuesday 6 July 2010.

Win a collection of science books — become a member

2 months
3 weeks ago

Join the Cheltenham Festivals Membership Scheme while the Science Festival is on and enter a draw to win a fabulous collection of science books worth £100!

Plus, you’ll save on any last minute tickets you’d like to buy for the festival, enjoy a members’ only session at the Discover Zone and receive free entry to our exclusive members’ enclosure.

All this in addition to ticket discounts and priority booking at all four festivals, now including Science 2011!

Join today

Save £5 when you choose Direct Debit: apply online
Visit the members’ enclosure — in Imperial Gardens — at the Science Festival
Call the box office on 0844 576 7977

More about the Cheltenham Festivals Membership Scheme

Terms and conditions

All those joining the Membership Scheme between 8–13 June will be entered into the draw to win the collection of science books
One entry will be made per new membership
Books must be collected from Cheltenham Festivals’ offices in Bath Road, Cheltenham within 30 days of the prize notification. Arrangements for the collection must be made by the winner: Cheltenham Festivals are unable to deliver or pay for delivery of the prize.
The winner will be notified by email within 48 hours of the end of the competition. Confirmation must be made by the winner within 48 hours.
No cash alternative will be given. The decision of Cheltenham Festivals is final.

We’ve tagged this post with competition, free, membership, science on Wednesday 9 June 2010.

Win dinner for two at one of Cheltenham’s top restaurants …with Cheltenham Festivals Membership

7 months
2 weeks ago

Join the Cheltenham Festivals Membership Scheme before Sunday 31 January 2010 and you will automatically be entered into a draw to win a fabulous feast for two at Cheltenham’s Curry Corner restaurant.

Recently featured as a ‘Best Local Indian Restaurant in Britain’ finalist on Gordon Ramsay’s The F Word and winner of Cotswold Life’s ‘Restaurant of the Year’ 2008, Curry Corner is Cheltenham’s leading Indian Restaurant. Run by the Krori family since 1977, Curry Corner is the oldest Bangladeshi restaurant in the country and hotly recommended by festival favourite Michael Palin, who describes the food as ‘the best curry from pole to pole.’

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We’ve tagged this post with competition, membership on Monday 18 January 2010.

Mills & Boon competition — vote for your hero, win a hamper!

11 months
2 weeks ago

Mills & Boon launch the search for the ultimate literary hero!

Does Heathcliff set your heart racing? Or does Darcy make you swoon?

Mills & Boon are heading to the Literature Festival to answer the ultimate question: who is the nation’s favourite literary hero? Launching today, Mills & Boon’s survey seeks to discover which literary hero is guaranteed to set temperatures soaring.

The list includes ten of the best romantic heroes – taken from works by Thomas Hardy to Jane Austen, from the debonair charm of Rupert Campbell Black to the dashing bravery of Richard Sharpe – take part online for the chance to win a fabulous Mill’s & Boon hamper filled with romantic books and champagne. Support your literary hero now!

The ultimate object of desire will be revealed at the Festival in Literary Heroes on 13th October. In true Mills & Boon style, the audience will be served pink champagne by ‘Butlers in the Buff’, after authors Stella Duffy, Katie Fforde, actress Virginia McKenna and best-selling Mills & Boon author Sharon Kendrick discuss their favourite leading men, and what makes an unforgettable literary hero.

vote for your favourite literary hero →

We’ve tagged this post with competition, literature on Tuesday 22 September 2009.

Win a Tassimo coffee machine! Sign up to our email Newsletter

11 months
3 weeks ago

Don’t miss this chance to win!

This year we’re hosting a series of free events, giving you a chance to sit back and relax with a complimentary cup of Carte Noire coffee – whilst listening to a celebrity guest reader.

To celebrate this series of Carte Noire perfect coffee moments, we’re running an exclusive competition in this week’s The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival eNewsletter. Sign up by 10pm on Wednesday 16th September to be in with a chance of winning some great prizes, including a brand new Tassimo machine, complete with coffee to start you off!

By receiving our email newsletter, you’ll also get all the very latest event information for The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival (9 -18 October), as well as more chances to win some great prizes in our competitions.

Join the Membership scheme for your chance to win a luxurious night for two

1 year
1 month ago

Everyone who joins the new Cheltenham Festivals Membership scheme before Friday, 24 July will automatically enter a draw to win a sumptuous night for two at luxury Cotswolds Hotel, Lords of the Manor.

Situated in a timeless corner of the Cotswolds, in the village of Upper Slaughter, the Lords of the Manor is a former rectory of honey-coloured stone, set in eight acres of landscaped gardens and rolling parkland, and the ideal place from which to explore the stunning Cotswold countryside.

Cheltenham Festivals Membership offers discounts and priority booking at all of the Festivals, including a week’s priority booking for the Literature Festival from 3–9 August, and a 20% discount on full price tickets at your choice of fifteen events.

Membership starts from just £15… join today!

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We’ve tagged this post with competition, jazz, literature, membership, music, science on Friday 10 July 2009.

Music festival feedback — win a hotel stay!

1 year
1 month ago

Do you have any feedback or comments about the 2009 HSBC Cheltenham Music Festival? If so, we would love to hear them — and in filling out our online questionnaire you can win a great prize too.

Win a night’s Bed and Breakfast for two adults at the stunning Lords of the Manor, situated in the Cotswolds: simply click the link below and share your thoughts.

Music Festival feedback questionnaire

Terms and conditions for this competition

The prize carries no cash substitute
Prize entitles two adults to Bed and Breakfast accommodation at Lords of the Manor, Cotswolds.
The closing date is 11:59pm 17 August; feedback after this time is gratefully received however, though entrants will not be entered into the prize draw.
One winner will be picked at random — the decision of Cheltenham Festivals is final.
Cheltenham Festivals have the right to change the prize, in the unlikely event that this should happen, the prize will be changed on a like for like basis.
Family and household members of Cheltenham Festivals employees are not eligible to win the prize.

We’ve tagged this post with competition, feedback, music, questionnaire on Monday 6 July 2009.

NESTA FameLab 2009 — results of the UK Final

1 year
2 months ago

1st place: Tom Whyntie

At 4:30 PM 5th June, the 10 NESTA FameLab finalists took to the stage in front of a huge audience and judges Kathy Sykes, Mark Lythgoe, Leanne Klein and Mark Henderson in the Main Arena at the Cheltenham Science Festival. In the two hours that followed, the audience were treated to a range of captivating, fascinating and humorous talks that took them from malaria to autism, hip replacements to pheromones via a spot of quantum physics, and, for the first time in the history of FameLab, a three minute rhyming poem about bacteria and food poisoning! The atmosphere was tense as the judges stepped out to make their decision and the audience votes were counted.

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We’ve tagged this post with competition, Famelab, science, winner on Wednesday 17 June 2009.

NESTA FameLab grand final today — who will it be?

1 year
2 months ago

ten finalists will be competing today 4.30–6.30pm

Who will walk away with the £10,000 prize?

We’ve tagged this post with competition, Famelab, science on Friday 5 June 2009.

Weather watch competition — predict the weather!

1 year
3 months ago

Linking with our weather watch event, in conjunction with the Royal Meteorological Society, we’re running a competition — to predict the weather over the science festival!

There will be prizes for the best single forecast in age groups 5–11, 12–16, 17–21, 22+ as well as for the person who does best, on average, over the 4 days (you must enter at least 2 predictions to be entered for this prize).

Click for further detailed technical instructions on your predictions.

Predictions must be made before 7pm the day before. After this time your prediction for that day will not be entered in the competition.

Winners will be contacted by 6pm on Sunday, 7th June. The BBC weather presenter, Peter Gibbs, will present prizes to the winners at the beginning of Peter’s talk at 6pm on Sunday 7th June. In case of a tie, the winner will be pulled from a hat.

enter online here

PLEASE NOTE that you can only enter once per email address! Multiple entries will not be counted.

We’ve tagged this post with competition, science on Tuesday 2 June 2009.

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