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

1 month
3 weeks ago

Curry Corner

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 , on Monday 18 January 2010.

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

5 months
3 weeks ago

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

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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 , on Tuesday 22 September 2009.

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

5 months
4 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.

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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.

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Subscribe to our email newsletter by 10pm, Weds 16th September to be in with a chance to win!

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We’ve tagged this post with , , on Tuesday 15 September 2009.

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

8 months ago

Lords of the Manor Hotel

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 , , , , , on Friday 10 July 2009.

Music festival feedback — win a hotel stay!

8 months
1 week 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

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Terms and conditions for this competition

  1. The prize carries no cash substitute
  2. Prize entitles two adults to Bed and Breakfast accommodation at Lords of the Manor, Cotswolds.
  3. 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.
  4. One winner will be picked at random — the decision of Cheltenham Festivals is final.
  5. 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.
  6. Family and household members of Cheltenham Festivals employees are not eligible to win the prize.

We’ve tagged this post with , , , on Monday 6 July 2009.

NESTA FameLab 2009 — results of the UK Final

8 months
4 weeks ago

1st place: Tom Whyntie

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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 , , , on Wednesday 17 June 2009.

NESTA FameLab grand final today — who will it be?

9 months
1 week ago

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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 , , on Friday 5 June 2009.

Weather watch competition — predict the weather!

9 months
1 week ago

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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 , on Tuesday 2 June 2009.

Win books — become a member during Science!

9 months
1 week ago

Becoming a member during the Science Festival?

When you join the Cheltenham Festivals Membership Scheme during the Science Festival (3—7 June), you’ll automatically be entered into a draw to win a fantastic collection of signed books by authors appearing at the Festival; including Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab, Evolution Revolution by Robert Winston and James Cracknell and Ben Fogle’s Race to the Pole.

Plus, you’ll receive ticket discounts and priority booking at every festival including Science 2010, as well as a host of other benefits.

Join today for your chance to win!

Terms and conditions apply.

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

NESTA FameLab — the 10 finalists

9 months
3 weeks ago

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The NESTA FameLab finalists have been announced! After a UK wide search, these are the ten top new science communicators:

  • Matthew Baker
  • Lewis Dartnell
  • Simon Foster
  • Georgina Humphreys
  • Alistair Linsell
  • Matt Parker
  • Andrew Pontzen
  • Zoe Schnepp
  • Becky West
  • Tom Whyntie

These 10 will be competing at the Science Festival for the top prize of £10,000 and Channel 4 television appearances: don’t miss the UK Grand Final!

Find out more about the finalists and NESTA FameLab at www.famelab.org

We’ve tagged this post with , , on Wednesday 20 May 2009.

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