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Welcome to February With so many places to visit and things to do this month, we’ve squeezed in as much as we can from Lambing, Live Cinema, Luton Hoo, the Firewalk, Feb Fest and Football Legends to Workshops, Wildlife, Walks, Wanders, Poems, Plays and Peace Doves!

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NOW at the Cathedral Peace Doves until 13th Feb An art installation by Sculptor, Peter Walker with 10000 paper doves hanging from the Cathedral tower.

Born Survivors: In Conversation with Eva Clarke and Wendy Holden 1st Feb 7.30pm £15, £10 A story of the human capacity to love. Among the millions of Holocaust victims sent to Auschwitz IIBirkenau in 1944, three young pregnant women, separated from their husbands, were determined to hold onto all they had left, their lives and those of their unborn babies. The bestselling book Born Survivors follows their incredible journey, and author Wendy Holden will be discussing this story with Eva Clarke, one of the babies to survive now 78 and among the last living survivors of the Holocaust.

Romeo and Juliet 3rd Feb 7.30pm £20 - £30 A brand-new adaptation by OVO Theatre.

Poems for Peace 4th Feb 1.30pm free A performance of poems on the themes of refuge and asylum, peace and compassion.

Evening Pilgrimage with Peace Doves 6th Feb 7.15pm A guided walk through the Cathedral, accompanied by historical insights, prayers and silence. free Giving Words Wings: Poetry, Prayer & Peace 8th Feb 7.30pm £10 - £25 In this poetry reading, singer and writer Malcolm Guite will explore the themes suggested to him by Peter Walker’s art installation.

From St Albans...With Love 10th Feb 7.30pm An evening of love songs and poetry in aid of St Albans Cathedral Education Trust featuring stars from the West End and Broadway. £29 - £44 More to Explore Tour: The Bishops of St Albans Cathedral 11th Feb 1.30pm There have been 10 Bishops of St Albans since 1877, hear about how they have been remembered.

Charitable Extravaganza Runway 11th Feb 2pm An extravagant fashion show put on in partnership with Cancer Research UK and Oaklands College. Free Peace Doves Concert 11th Feb 4pm free The Choir will mark the end of the Peace Doves installation with choral music and readings on the twin themes of peace and doves, including Mendelssohn’s anthem, O for the Wings of a Dove.

Hertfordshire Chorus - Karl Jenkins The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace and Joseph Haydn Nelson Mass 17th Feb 7.30pm £5 -£30 Organ Concert: Christopher Muhley 28th Feb 12.30pm free St Albans Cathedral AL1 1BY www.stalbanscathedral.org 10

As Seen in the Sunday Times

It's been a particularly busy few months at the Hearing Healthcare Practice in Harpenden.

To be fair, we’re always busy, serving our local community as we have done for over 40 years, and now a wider clientele which now extends throughout the UK and around the world.

But it was a Hunter Davies piece in the Sunday Times (19/11/23) that really set our telephone lines buzzing and our e-mails… pinging.

Our founder, Robert Beiny, met legendary author and journalist, Hunter Davies, on holiday a few years ago. And this chance meeting led to a friendship, and a conversation regarding Hunter's hearing.

Quoting from Hunter Davies’s Sunday Times Article ‘My Daughters Yelled at Me!’, we’ll let him take up the story: “When I got back to London, I went to see him (Robert) at Hearing Healthcare Practice. He spent three hours on tests and concluded that I did need hearing aids. My hearing was only going to get worse.”

After Hunter’s evaluation, he was expertly fitted with hearing aids and, as you can read online, the results speak for themselves. “… all my family are delighted. They say that for the past few years I had been shouting, which had been a bit embarrassing in restaurants. I never realised, I thought they were just moaning at me because I couldn’t hear.

“Now I wish I had got my hearing aids five years ago”.

Many people come to see Hearing Healthcare Practice because of a personal recommendation, and it’s been wonderfully gratifying to witness Hunter Davies’s very public personal recommendation spurring so many more people to embark on a life changing journey improving their hearing with us.

And suffice to say, every one of our clients receives the same award-winning service.

If you, or a member of your family, is experiencing hearing challenges, please do get in touch.

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Out & About

St Albans Museum + Gallery Shine a Light until 28th Feb A collaborative community display of selected artworks are displayed on the museum railings, aiming to celebrate the different things that keep us positive and connected during winter.

Drop-in Origami Making 3rd, 10th & 17th Feb Experiment in the art of paper folding. Free Willow Lantern Workshop 4th Feb 1.30pm Using Rana Begum’s exhibition Ordered Form as inspiration, learn how to make a willow lantern and cover it with papier mache. £10 Hands on History Café 7th & 14th Feb 11am Drop in, grab a cuppa and join this friendly group to look at a changing set of museum objects.

Exhibition: Becoming Us 16th Feb - 30th June Exploring the role of the African Caribbean community in St Albans and celebrating its multifaceted contributions to the city over the past 80 years. Free St Albans Museum + Gallery AL1 3DH www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk

RSPB Rye Meads

Sensory Trail until 31st March daily 9am - 5pm Enjoy this trail, using your senses to connect with the surroundings while you stay active. Use an OS Map to follow the route, locate the sensory highlights, and look out for Trust Trail Icons around the reserve. Free Guided Walks: Wednesday Wander 7th Feb & 6th March 11.45am - 2pm Join a volunteer guide for an informal walk around RSPB Rye Meads and witness the diversity of wildlife that calls the reserve home at this time of year. £5.75 Rye Meads, Hoddesdon SG12 8JS www.rspb.org.uk

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18th & 25th Feb & 3rd & 10th March 2pm - 4pm Please wear suitable footwear, dogs on leads welcome. No wheelchair access. £5, child free Abbey Mill Lane, St Albans AL3 4HD

Verulamium Museum

Mosaic Making Workshop 20th Feb 10.30am, 11.25am & 12.20pm £12.50 Embrace your inner Roman and create your own mosaic. Enjoy selecting colours of glass and embellishments to make a unique design. Learn how to use professional tools to snip your glass, and grout your creation. Age 4+ children must be accompanied, Roman Mask Making Workshop 22nd Feb 10.30am, 11.30am & 1.30pm Actors in the Roman Theatres often wore masks to make their performances more dramatic. They were eye-catching and beautifully decorated. Craft your own mini mask out of clay to take home. Age 4+ children must be accompanied, £5 The Romans are Coming!

Luton Hoo Estate 24th Feb 11am Guided Walks 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th Feb 9.50am Join in and roll some dice as Roman and Ancient Enjoy the tranquility of this private landscape designed Briton model soldiers fight over a village of

by Capability Brown and discover its history. The walk roundhouses and a Roman Villa. Who will have the will be about 6 miles and take at least 3 hours. £15, luck of the dice roll? Who will hold their nerve? please book 01582 879863 Who will be triumphant?

Friday Talks 23rd Feb 11am Fun games for all the family. Drop-in, free with entry Luton Hoo and Luton Town 1914 - 1919 St Michael's St, St Albans AL3 4SW www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk Luton Hoo Walled Garden LU1 4LF www.lutonhooestate.co.uk 14 Winter Tree Identification Workshop 3rd Feb 10am Learn to identify trees in their winter state, using bud and twig characteristics, while walking around the park. £12, 18+ Cassiobury Park on the A412 Watford to Rickmansworth road WD18 7LG Half Term at The Wildlife Garden 20th Feb 11am - 1pm drop in, free Explore the wildlife garden, do some crafts, and meet Willoughby, the giant willow-weaved hedgehog! Aimed at children but all ages welcome.

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Filmed live at the Adelphi Theatre. This musical celebrates a joyous story of British grit transforming into a high-heeled hit as it takes you from the factory floor of Northampton to the glamorous catwalks of Milan!

The Royal Ballet: Manon Wildest Dreams 7th Feb 7.15pm & 11th Feb 2pm 31st Jan - 10th Feb 7.30pm From the Royal Opera House. This adaptation of A quirky drama about four misfits who meet to play Abbé Prévost’s novel finds full expression in the the game 'Dungeons and Dragons'. Married couple, Hazel and Stanley are drifting apart and things aren’t impassioned duets of the central couple.

My Favourite Things - The Rodgers & helped by Hazel's dominating brother Austen who Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert shares their home. Other game participants are 14th Feb 7.30pm computer geek Warren and lonely Rick. To the disparate group, Dungeons and Dragons is more than From the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Featuring the 40 -piece Rodgers & Hammerstein Concert Orchestra, a game; it is a world where they can become international stars of the stage and screen, a West beautiful, wise and heroic. When attractive young End chamber choir and dance ensemble, with Marcie bursts into their lives, and their game, she original arrangements of the most iconic songs from disrupts the cosy status quo with alarming, Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, devastating and often funny results. Her interactions Cinderella and The Sound of Music. with each character reveal realities and complexities perhaps more fascinating than those of the Vanya: National Theatre Live characters they play. By the end they are all 22nd & 24th Feb 7pm irrevocably transformed... or are they? £14 Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to Maltings Arts Theatre, St Albans AL1 3H life in this radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle www.ovo.org.uk Vanya. Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which Woman in Mind by Alan Ayckbourn explores the complexities of human emotions.

1st - 3rd Feb Exhibition on Screen - Painting The Modern In this triumphant play, wistful housewife Susan is Garden: Monet to Matisse married to a boring cleric named Gerald. Susan 27th Feb 6pm & 3rd March 3pm experiences wonderful hallucinations in which her boring everyday life is replaced by a fantasy in which This dazzling film takes a magical journey from the gallery to the gardens, to Giverny and Seebüll and she is the ideal wife and mother with an ideal family. other glorious grounds favoured by artists. Here we Presented by High Street Players £10 discover how early twentieth century artists designed Katherine Warington School, Harpenden AL5 5FH and cultivated their own gardens to explore from Manor Pharmacy, Harpenden or contemporary utopian ideas and motifs of colour and www.hsplayers.org.uk form. Monet said, ‘Apart from painting and gardening, I’m no good at anything’. For lovers of art or lovers of Live Music with Scarlette Fever gardens, this is an ideal film.

2nd Feb 6.30pm Enjoy an evening of feel good music and wholesome Campus West, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6BX food at the Coach House Kitchen, with multi-talented, www.campuswest.co.uk Scarlette who is just as at home singing a ballad and The Eric Morecambe Centre playing the piano as she is rocking out with a guitar; not to mention her accomplishments as a songwriter, Fairport Convention 8th Feb 7.30pm £30 This year’s tour will present a mix of long-established and more recently, producer.

Fairport favourites and some surprises from albums Hatfield House AL9 5HX old and new. www.hatfield-house.co.uk Petty Criminals – Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks Live Cinema Tribute 9th Feb 7.30pm £24.50 Kinky Boots the Musical 4th Feb 2pm The UK’s top tribute band will perform songs such as

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Freefallin’, I Won’t Back Down, American Girl, Landslide, Dreams, Gold Dust Woman and Edge of Seventeen.

Rat Pack Valentines 14th Feb 7.30pm £27 The Official UK No 1 Tribute show, now celebrating its 21st record breaking year. Together they amaze audiences with their recreation of the music of Sinatra, Martin and Davis Jr, bringing the style and excitement of the Las Vegas heyday to life. Including the hits; My Way, Mr Bojangles, New York New York, Amore, Come Fly With Me and of course My Funny Valentine among many other romantic classics.

Shape of You 16th Feb 7pm £24.50, £22.50, £18 This hit stage production, features the music of one of our greatest singer-songwriters, Ed Sheeran, offering all his classics in a completely live captivating performance. The show has it all: trademark loops, heartfelt singalongs, beatbox raps, emotional acoustic compositions, an extraordinary band, excellent visuals and a spectacular light performance.

Reverend Richard Coles: Borderline National Trinket 17th Feb 7.30pm £26 age 16+ Sex, drugs, pop stardom, religious epiphany; love, a dream job, and the madness of grief. Some or all of this may come out as Richard lifts the lid on a life truly and truthfully lived. An intimate evening with a unique national treasure.

Money For Nothing 29th Feb 7.30pm £29 The line-up features top-class and experienced musicians that make this band a worthy tribute to Dire Straits.

Rothamsted Park, Harpenden AL5 2FR www.the-emc.co.uk

Barn Theatre

Hansard by Simon Woods 9th - 17th Feb 8pm & 17th Feb 2.30pm Iron by Rona Munro 21st - 24th Feb 8pm Barn Close, WGC AL8 6ST www.barntheatre.co.uk

American Celebrations

11th Feb 4pm £15, £12, £6 de Havilland Philharmonic Orchestra is celebrating Abraham Lincoln’s 215th birthday with a concert dedicated to American music.

Bernstein – Candide Overture Barber – Adagio for Strings Copland – Appalachian Spring

Bernstein – Symphony No. 2: The Age of Anxiety The Weston Auditorium, University of Herts, Hatfield AL10 9AB www.herts.ac.uk

Abbey Theatre

The Machine Gunners 15th Feb - 17th Feb 8pm In the tumultuous world of 1940s Britain, spirited young Chas McGill is on a mission to become the town’s best collector of war souvenirs. Amidst the chaos of air raids, bonds are forged and loyalties strained as Chas and his friends pilfer a machine gun from a downed German aircraft and attempt to impose their own brand of justice. In this heartpounding tale, set against the backdrop of imminent German invasion, The Machine Gunners seizes the imagination. The book won the prestigious Carnegie Medal and a place among the decade’s top 10 children’s novels. £13, £11 Steel Magnolias 29th Feb - 9th March Truvy’s salon is at the heart of Chinquapin, Louisiana.

As the characters of the small town come and go through its doors, the beauty and complexity of their daily lives in the Deep South unfold. Celebrating the power of friends, families and resilience in the face of adversity. £14, concs £12 29th Feb - with Soroptimist Women's Group in aid of the Women's Refuge, £15 Westminster Lodge, St Albans AL1 2D www.abbeytheatre.org.uk

The Old Town Hall

Austen's Women: Lady Susan 22nd - 25th Feb A darkly comic tale of society and the women trapped within it; their struggles, their desires, their temptations and manipulations - and at the vanguard, Lady Susan: charming, scheming, witty, and powerful; taking on society and making it her own. But has she met her match? Based on Jane Austen’s first fulllength work from 1794, and created entirely from letters. From £13 Screaming Blue Murder Comedy Club 26th Feb 8pm The Old Town Hall’s resident monthly comedy club with acts, Joey Page and Susan Murray. £10, 18+ The Old Town Hall, High Street, Hemel Hempstead HP1 3AE www.oldtownhall.co.uk

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Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

Meet Paddington 11th Feb Meet everyone’s favourite bear at intervals throughout the day. Your entry tickets include everything the heritage railway has to offer, with unlimited steam train rides and entry to the Railway Museum and Visitor Centre. £14.50, child £10.50, under 3 free Steaming Days 14th & 18th Feb from 10.30am There will be a full-size steam train ready to take you for a ride up and down the track, plus miniature ride-on trains, and 25-acres of railway land to explore. £12.50, child £8.50, under 3 free Aylesbury, Bucks HP22 4BY www.bucksrailcentre.org

Half Term History Makers

17th - 25th Feb 10am - 4pm Join characters from the past for historical hijinks and hands on shenanigans this half term. Be transported back in time to Queen Victoria's reign. Hear from two Victorian authors and how they recall this remarkable time.

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February Frolics

17th - 25th Feb Watch the smallest members of the flock start to arrive, supervised by Tuck the Shepherd.

There’ll also be newborn lamb bottle feeding demonstrations and a full programme of fleecy fun for a baa-rilliant day out.

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17th - 25th Feb Watch new-born lambs take their first steps in the undercover Lamb Nursery and keep an eye on the expectant ewes, you might even see a lamb being born! Included with admission Mead Open Farm, Billington, Beds LU7 9JH www.meadopenfarm.co.uk

Feb Fest

It’s been over 10 years since Luton’s Full House Feb Fest began and this year has an amazing lineup of shows and workshops for children and families. * multiple times, please book Stockwood Discovery Centre LU1 4LX African Drumming 19th Feb * This energetic and dynamic workshop will get your hands pounding and heart racing.

Apple 'N' Spice 19th Feb £7 * An original, interactive, multi-cultural family dance show with shadow puppetry.

Stax! 21st Feb £5 * Create the best den ever as your whole family make an exciting shape-shifting installation using an array of vibrant materials.

Clay People 22nd Feb £5 * Come along and craft a character from clay.

The World & Us 23rd Feb 10.30am, please book £5 A captivating storytelling workshop exploring Identity and Diversity, presented by The Drama Geezers.

Now That's What I Call A Story 23rd Feb 1pm, please book £5 The Drama Geezers arrive with a blank story book and a big bag of props - all they need are curious imaginative children to build the story adventure with them.

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The Philharmonia Cellos Present Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh 19th Feb £7 * Enter Hundred Acre Wood and join live musicians on an adventure with Winnie-the-Pooh and his lovable companions.

Imagination Station 19th - 23rd Feb 10.30am - 3pm, free drop in Space for children and young people of all ages to take part in creative arts activities.

WiFi Wars 20th Feb £7 * A live comedy game show where you play along!

Splat! 21st Feb £7 * Two artists, one neat the other messy, attempt to cover the history of art with chaotic consequences.

Clay Time! 22nd Feb £7 * An interactive clay play experience! Come to a world of fabulous forms, amazing animals and morphing monsters.

Boxed In 23rd Feb £7 * A playful show about (mis)understanding the rules. www.culturetrust.com

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Stuart Michael - The Psychic Medium 1st Feb 7.30pm £32 Direct from London’s West End, a thrilling and intriguing night of psychic mediumship.

Daniel O’Reilly: Out Of Character 2nd Feb 7.30pm £27 He has had many characters, but this time he’s going ‘Out Of Character’ to stand up as he brings the laughs and looks back on the madness of his career so far.

Paul Hopkins’ Roy Orbison & The Traveling Wilburys Experience 3rd Feb 7.30pm £29.50 A journey through decades of pop celebrating the music of Jeff Lynne’s ELO, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, George Harrison and the collective genius that was The Traveling Wilburys.

Carmen performed by the Ukrainian National Opera 5th Feb 7.30pm £44 Feel the thrill of fiery passion, jealousy, and the violence of 19th century Seville in Bizet’s most popular opera, performed by the Dnipro Opera.

Tap Factory 7th Feb 7.30pm £29 Brace yourself for a display of high-energy dance, percussion, jaw-dropping acrobatics, live music and mesmerising choreography.

One Night Of Billy Joel: The Piano Man 8th Feb 7.30pm £27.50 Robert Schmuck and his 7 piece band perform songs such as Uptown Girl, Tell Her About it, An Innocent Man, We Didn’t Start the Fire and more.

Luther Vandross Celebration 9th Feb 7.30pm £29.50 A celebration of ‘The Velvet Voice’ with hits such as, Give Me the Reason, The Best Things in Life Are Free, Endless Love and Ain’t No stoppin’ Us Now. St Albans Gang Show 14th - 17th Feb 7.30pm & 17th Feb 2.30p £10 - £15 Milkshake Live On Holiday 18th Feb 3pm £19.50, child £18.50 Join your favourite Milkshake friends with two Milkshake presenters for an all-new adventure.

The Rock Orchestra 19th Feb 6.30pm & 9pm £45, £39 The unexpected union of Classical music and Metal.

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The Sooty Show 22nd Feb 2.30pm £21, child £18.50 Celebrating 75 years in show business, Sooty, Sweep and Soo are planning a special birthday party and you’re all invited.

Jim Davidson, Swimming Against the Tide 23rd Feb 7.30pm £29 Slap on the goose fat and battle through the dark and murky woke infested waters and join Jim for an evening of rip-roaring grown-up comedy.

Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour 24th Feb 7.30pm £17 Join the world’s top adventure filmmakers and thrillseekers as they climb, ski, paddle and ride into the wildest corners of the planet.

Giovanni - Let Me Entertain You 25th Feb 5pm £50, VIP £124 Strictly Come Dancing champion winner Giovanni, will be joined by world class dancers and West End performers for an unforgettable show.

Sleeping Beauty 29th Feb & 1st March 7.30pm 2nd March 2pm & 6.30pm £21, child £19 Enjoy this classic fairy tale presented by Rare Productions.

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Haunted Hertford Guided Walk

9th Feb 7.30pm £8 An atmospheric walk through the ghostly sites of Hertford. Meet at The White Hart pub, Hertford www.gohertford.co.uk

Bletchley Park

Vintage Date Night 10th Feb 7pm Take your sweetheart back in time this Valentine’s, enjoy a delicious three-course meal with live music in the Mansion Dining Room.

Sweetheart Afternoon Tea 14th Feb Romance will be in the air with live music and the elegant surroundings of the Mansion’s Dining Room.

Waddesdon Discover the achievements of the WW2 Tour: Putting the House to Bed 3rd - 25th Feb Codebreakers, as entry to Bletchley Park is included.

Saturdays & Sundays 11am & 1pm £15 Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK3 6EB As well as a behind-the-scenes look at the rooms, you www.bletchleypark.org.uk will also be able to see inside the collection stores, learn about conservation techniques used to care for RAF London the collection and view the academic apartments, Rations, Ascent and Far Away! not normally open to the public.

10th - 13th Feb 11am, 1pm & 2.30pm £7.50, child £5 February Half-Term 10th & 11th & 14th - 18th Feb This interactive show will entertain and educate on Visit the Woodland Playground, with a brand new zip three significant events of the modern RAF Story. wire, board rider and swings. Explore the grounds and Learn about the Berlin Airlift, Operation Black Buck and ‘Taffy’ Holden’s accidental Lightning take off. estate and look out for snowdrops, you might even catch the first of the daffodils!

Crazy Comic Book Workshops 11am - 3pm: Get creative with giant colouring boards 14th Feb 11am, 1pm & 2.30pm as you help illustrator Scott Walker colour in Calling all crazy cartoonists, the Museum is proud to Waddesdon-inspired doodles in this free activity. partner up with James Parsons of Comic Club to bring your wildest ideas to life. During this workshop, young Eythrope Parkland Tours illustrators will create their own Biggles-style 14th - 16th & 21st - 23rd Feb 10.15am characters and cultivate their own stories through the The woodland garden at Eythrope was developed from informal pleasure grounds, adjoining the artificial medium of comic book creation. £5 lake. Visits to this private parkland and woodland Through Adversity… and Beyond! garden are accompanied by Eythrope’s garden 15th - 18th Feb 11am, 1pm & 2.30pm guides. After the tour enjoy lunch in Waddesdon Meet Astra, the Museum’s time-travelling hero as he Manor Restaurant. £50 guides RAF Founder Hugh Trenchard back in time through key past events. £7.50, child £5 Winter Waggle for Pace 16th Feb 11am - 3pm Explore this beautiful countryside estate, with two ‘Those Magnificent Sheep in their Flying Machine’ accessible routes, 3k and 5k, while supporting Pace a 16th Feb 11am, 1pm & 2.30pm free charity which provides highly specialist education and Join author Peter Bently as he takes you on a wild therapy services for children aged 0-18 with ride through his wonderfully wacky children’s book. neurodisabilities, such as cerebral palsy. £12 Grahame Park Way, London NW9 5LL Waddesdon, Aylesbury, Bucks HP18 0JH www.rafmuseum.org.uk www.waddesdon.org.uk Sculpture Trail Stride 11th Feb 11am free Whipsnade Zoo On this beautiful walk around the lakes and woodland, Walk of the Week 10.30am you will see the Sculptures and maybe even some of These guided 90 minute walks and talks are an the wildlife they reflect. The walk also takes you down opportunity to spend time with Zoo experts, getting to Hall Marsh Scrape where you can see wildfowl, behind-the-scenes information. Starting at the Visitor waders and herons. Meet at Pindar Car Park, River Centre by the main entrance, free with Zoo entry Lee Country Park, nearest postcode EN8 9AJ 8th Feb: Chinese New Year - As we prepare for the www.visitleevalley.org.uk Lunar New Year, meet some of the contestants for Animal Superpowers "The Great Race".

13th, 15th, 20th & 22nd Feb 15th Feb: Darwin Day - Charles Darwin was 10.30am, 11.15am, 2.15pm & 3pm £2, ages 5+ fundamental in our understanding of life and the Explore the extraordinary powers of animals and species we see today. Walk around the zoo and discover the incredible skills they use to defend explore evolution in action. themselves, find food and ultimately survive.

29th Feb: Reintroduction success - Celebrate some Tring Natural History Museum HP23 6AP of the incredible projects both in the UK and around www.nhm.ac.uk the world. Whipsnade, Dunstable LU6 2LF 32 www.whipsnadezoo.org

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